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Verse Leviticus 27:32. _WHATSOEVER PASSETH UNDER THE ROD_] The
signification of this verse is well given by the rabbins: "When a man
was to give the tithe of his sheep or calves to God, he was to shu...
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WHATSOEVER PASSETH UNDER THE ROD - According to rabbinical tradition,
the animals to be tithed were enclosed in a pen, and as they went out
one by one at the opening, every tenth animal was touched wi...
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VII. CONCERNING VOWS
The Claims of Jehovah Realized
CHAPTER 27
_ 1. The singular vow (Leviticus 27:1)_
2. The sacrifice (Leviticus 27:9)
3. Concerning the house (Leviticus 27:14)
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30- 33. TITHES (_cf._ Deuteronomy 14:22 ff; Deuteronomy 26:12 ff.,
Numbers 21-32*). The tithe offered in kind may be commuted for its
value (estimated presumably by the priest) plus 20 per cent. (_cf....
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_Laws concerning tithes_
A distinction is here made between the tithe on the yield of the land
or of fruit trees, and that on animals. The former according to this
passage may be redeemed on payment...
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_under the rod_ the -staff" carried by shepherds (Psalms 23:4; Micah
7:14; Zechariah 11:7), and used (Tal. Bab., _Bechoroth_, fol. 58 _b_)
for counting the flock when they were entering or leaving the...
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WHATSOEVER PASSETH UNDER THE ROD— The Jews understand this of the
tithing rod, a rod coloured with ochre, with which a man stood at the
door of the field, and numbered the cattle as they came out, mar...
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D. EXCLUSIONS FROM THE VOWS 27:26-34
1. FIRSTLINGS AMONG BEASTS 27:26, 27
2. DEVOTED THINGS 27:28, 29
3. THE TITHE 27:30-33
TEXT 27:26-34
26
Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstlin...
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_AND ALL THE TITHE OF THE LAND, WHETHER OF THE SEED OF THE LAND, OR OF
THE FRUIT OF THE TREE, IS THE LORD'S: IT IS HOLY UNTO THE LORD._
All the tithe of the land. This law gave the sanction of divine...
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VOWS AND TITHES AND THEIR REDEMPTION
1-29. Law of vows and their redemption.
The making of vows is a very ancient and universal practice connected
with prayer. In order to secure his desire the suppl...
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PASSETTI UNDER THE ROD] of the owner as he counts his cattle. Every
tenth beast as it comes, whether good or bad, is to be set apart as
belonging to God: cp. Leviticus 25:10. The tithes were given to...
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LEVITICUS
*WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS
LEVITICUS
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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WHATSOEVER PASSETH UNDER THE ROD. — That is, for the purpose of
counting and tithing them. The manner in which this was done is
described by the Jewish canonists as follows: “The owner is to
gather al...
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וְ כָל ־מַעְשַׂ֤ר בָּקָר֙ וָ צֹ֔אן
כֹּ֥ל
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CONCERNING VOWS
Leviticus 27:1
As already remarked, the book of Leviticus certainly seems, at first
sight, to be properly completed with the previous chapter; and hence
it has been not unnaturally su...
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EXCLUSIONS FROM THE VOW
Leviticus 27:26
"Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to the
Lord, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is the
Lord's. And if it be of...
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In this final page of the Book of Leviticus we have something
superadded to actual laws and yet of very vital importance. It is
concerned with vows. A vow is a promise made to God voluntarily and
not...
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Rod; on which was some red colouring, to mark the tenth animal as it
passed through a narrow gate. If it was proper for sacrifice, its
blood was poured out around the altar, and its flesh was returned...
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The same observations meet us here respecting the dedication of beasts
and cattle. There is to be nothing blemished offered to the LORD.
Malachi 1:13....
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We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering
of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in
His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...
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The last chapter (27) treats of the rights and the appointments of God
in all that relates to things which are devoted to Him through the
medium of priesthood. This necessarily finds its place in that...
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AND CONCERNING THE TITHE OF THE HERD, OR OF THE FLOCK,.... Of oxen and
sheep, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem; for this law only
concerns such, as Maimonides x observes, for none but clean be...
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_And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, [even] of
whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the
LORD._
Ver. 32. _Passeth under the rod._] Coloured at the end with...
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_Under the rod_ Either, 1st, The tithers' rod, it being the manner of
the Jews in tithing to cause all their cattle to pass through some
gate or narrow passage, where the tenth was marked by a person...
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1 He that maketh a singular vow must bee the Lords.
2 The estimation of the person.
9 Of a beast giuen by vow.
14 Of a house.
16 Of a field and the redemption thereof.
28 No deuoted thing may be...
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And concerning the tithe of the herd or of the flock, even of
whatsoever passeth under the rod, that is, under the staff of the
shepherd, who keeps a careful record of the animals in his care, THE
TEN...
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OF HOUSES, FIELDS, AND FIRSTLINGS...
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THE PERSONAL VOW (VV. 1-8)
This was not a matter of a law requiring anything, but of a voluntary
vow made to God. Though it was not required, yet when the vow was
made, then it was absolutely required...
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26-33 Things or persons devoted, are distinguished from things or
persons that were only sanctified. Devoted things were most holy to
the Lord, and could neither be taken back nor applied to other
pu...
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UNDER THE ROD; either,
1. The tither's rod, it being the manner of the Jews in tithing to
cause all their cattle to pass through some gate or narrow passage,
where the tenth was marked by a person ap...
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This closing section of our book treats of the "singular vow," or the
voluntary act whereby a person devoted himself or his property unto
the Lord. "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto t...
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Leviticus 27:32 tithe H4643 herd H1241 flock H6629 passes H5674
(H8799) rod H7626 tenth H6224 holy H6944 LORD
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THE LAW CONCERNING TITHES (LEVITICUS 27:30).
Leviticus 27:30
“And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or
of the fruit of the tree, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.”
That pa...
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CONTENTS: Laws concerning dedicated persons and things.
CHARACTERS: God, Moses.
CONCLUSION: We should be cautious in making vows and constant in
keeping those we have made. What is once devoted to t...
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Leviticus 27:2. A _singular vow._ When a man shall vow a vow; or as
others contend, when a man shall vow to give the price of his life or
labour to the Lord. The family of Aaron being appointed priest...
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_All the tithes of the land. .. is the Lord’s._
THE HISTORY OF TITHES
I. The scripture records concerning the law of tithes.
1. Antecedent to the Mosaic legislation. The principle of dedicating a
te...
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 27:1 Vows and Dedication. This final
chapter describes means of redemption relating to vows made to the
Lord. The material appears to be an appendix to the book because it...
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LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 27:30__ The TITHE is already the
Lord’s. This law allows the rules for ordinary vows to govern the
tithes as well (see vv. Levi
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Dotibe Offerings of the Lord
SUGGESTIVE READINGS
Leviticus 27:2.—Shall make a singular vow. The Rabbins interpreted
the phrase as meaning to “pronounce a vow,” and the Chaldee
version renders the wor...
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APPENDIX.
EXPOSITION
The final chapter, attached to the book after the concluding
exhortation, is a short treatise on persons (Leviticus 27:2), animals
(Leviticus 27:9-3), houses (Le
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Now the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak to the children of
Israel, say unto them, When a man makes a singular vow, the persons
shall be for the Lord by thy estimation (Leviticus 27:1-2).
Now if y...
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Ezekiel 20:37; Jeremiah 33:13; Micah 7:14...
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Under the rod — Either, The tither's rod, it being the manner of the
Jews in tithing to cause all their cattle to pass through some gate or
narrow passage, where the tenth was marked by a person appoi...