1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 2Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When a man makes an extraordinary vow of his soul unto Jehovah by valuation, 3if your valuation is of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. 4If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels; 5and if from five years old up to twenty years old, then your valuation for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels; 6and if from a month old up to five years old, then your valuation for a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver; 7and if from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels. 8But if he is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall set a value for him; according to what he who vowed is able to afford, the priest shall value him. 9If it is an animal that men may bring as an offering unto Jehovah, all that anyone gives unto Jehovah shall be holy. 10He shall not substitute it nor exchange it, good for bad or bad for good; and if he at all exchanges beast for beast, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy. 11If it is an unclean beast which they do not offer as an offering unto Jehovah, then he shall present the beast before the priest; 12and the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be. 13But if he pays to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth to your valuation. 14And when a man consecrates his house to be holy unto Jehovah, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. 15If he who consecrated it will redeem his house, then he shall add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his. 16If a man consecrates unto Jehovah part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17If he consecrates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. 18But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money due according to the years that remain till the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation. 19And if he who consecrates the field will pay to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be confirmed to him. 20But if he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore; 21but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy unto Jehovah, as a devoted field; it shall be the possession of the priest. 22And if a man consecrates unto Jehovah a field which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession, 23then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy offering unto Jehovah. 24In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to the one who owns the land as a possession. 25And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel. 26But the firstborn of the beasts, which is the firstborn unto Jehovah, no man shall consecrate; whether ox or sheep: it is already Jehovah's. 27And if it is an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation, and shall add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. 28Nevertheless no devoted thing that a man may devote unto Jehovah of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is set apart, holy, unto Jehovah. 29No devoted thing, devoted for destruction by men, shall be redeemed, but shall die the death. 30And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's. It is holy unto Jehovah. 31If a man will pay to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it. 32And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy unto Jehovah. 33He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; and if he makes a change to exchange it, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. 34These are the commandments which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge 1 Lev 27:1 He that makes a singular vow must be the Lord's.
Lev 27:3 The estimation of the person;
Lev 27:9 of a beast given by vow;
Lev 27:14 of a house;
Lev 27:16 of a field, and the redemption thereof.
Lev 27:28 No devoted thing may be redeemed.
Lev 27:30 The tithe may not be changed.
Lev 27:1 2 When.
Gen 28:20 -
Gen 28:22 Num 6:2 Num 21:2 Deut 23:21 -
Deut 23:23 Judg 11:30 Judg 11:31 Judg 11:39 1Sam 1:11 1Sam 1:28a singular vow. A vow is a religious promise made to God, for the most part with prayer, and paid with thanksgiving. Vows were either of abstinence (
Num 6:30), or the devoting of something to the Lord, as sacrifices (
Lev 7:16,) or the value of persons, beasts, houses, or lands, concerning which the law is here given. A man might vow or devote himself, his children, his domestics, his cattle, his goods, etc.; and respecting the redemption of all these, rules are laid down in this chapter. But if, after consecrating these things, he refused to redeem them, they then became the Lord's property forever. The persons continued all their lives devoted to the sanctuary, the goods were sold for the profit of the temple, or the priests; and the animals, if clean, were offered in sacrifice; and if not proper for sacrifice, were sold, and the proceeds devoted to sacred uses. This is a general view of the different laws relative to vows, mentioned in this chapter.
Eccl 5:4 Eccl 5:5 3 And thy estimation.
Lev 27:14 Lev 5:15 Lev 6:6 Num 18:16 2Kgs 12:4*marg:
Lev 27:3fifty shekels. i. e, At three shillings each, 7Ł. 10s. sterling.
after the.
Lev 27:25 Exod 30:13 4 thirty shekels. i.e., 4Ł. 10s. sterling, A little more than one-half the value of a man; for this obvious reason, that a woman, if employed, would not be of so much use in the sanctuary as the man.
Zech 11:12 Zech 11:13 Matt 26:15 Matt 27:9 Matt 27:10 5 twenty shekels. i.e., 3Ł. sterling. ten shekels. i.e., 1Ł. 10s. sterling
Lev 27:5 6 from.
Num 3:40 -
Num 3:43 Num 18:14 -
Num 18:16the male. The male five shekels, 15s., the female three shekels, 9s. Being both in infancy they were nearly of an equal value.
7 from.
Ps 90:10fifteen. The old man and the old woman, being almost past labour, were nearly of an equal value; the former being estimated at 15 shekels, and the latter at 10.
8 poorer.
Lev 5:7 Lev 12:8 Lev 14:21 Lev 14:22 Mark 14:7 Luke 21:1 -
Luke 21:4 2Cor 8:12according.
Jer 5:7 9 all: is holy, i.e. separated and devoted; it cannot be redeemed like a human being, a house, or a field (Young),
Lev 27:9 10 Lev 27:15 -
Lev 27:33 Jas 1:8 11 Deut 23:18 Mal 1:14 12 as thou valuest it, who art the priest. Heb. according tothy estimation, O priest, etc.
Lev 27:14 13 Lev 27:10 Lev 27:15 Lev 27:19 Lev 5:16 Lev 6:4 Lev 6:5 Lev 22:14 14 sanctify.
Lev 27:21 Lev 25:29 -
Lev 25:31 Num 18:14 Ps 101:2 -
Ps 101:7as the priest.
Lev 27:12 15 then he shall add.
Lev 27:13 16 some part. Though the words "some part" are not expressed, yet it is generally allowed that they should be supplied here; as it was not lawful for a man to alienate in this manner his whole patrimony: he might express his good will for the house of God but he must not impoverish his own family.
of a field.
Acts 4:34 -
Acts 4:37 Acts 5:4an homer. or, the land of an homer, etc., i.e, as much landas required a homer of barley to sow it. The
homer was very different from the
omer; the latter held about three quarts, the former seventy-five gallons three pints.
Isa 5:10 Ezek 45:11 -
Ezek 45:14 Hos 3:2 17 Lev 27:17 18 Lev 25:15 Lev 25:16 Lev 25:27 Lev 25:51 Lev 25:52 19 Lev 27:13 20 Lev 27:20 21 when.
Lev 25:10 Lev 25:28 Lev 25:31devoted. It is
cherem, a thing so devoted to God, as never more to be capable of being redeemed.
Lev 27:28 Lev 27:29 Deut 13:17 Josh 6:17 Ezra 10:8 Ezek 44:29*marg:
Lev 27:21priest's.
Num 18:14 Ezek 44:29 22 his possession.
Lev 25:10 Lev 25:25 23 Lev 27:12 Lev 27:18 24 Lev 27:20 Lev 25:28 25 And all.
Lev 27:3to the shekel. A standard shekel; the standard being kept in the sanctuary, to try and regulate all the weights in the land by.
twenty.
Exod 30:13 Num 3:47 Num 18:16 Ezek 45:12 26 the firstling. Heb. first born, etc. As these firstlings were the Lord's before, it would have been a solemn mockery to pretend to make them a matter of a singular vow; for they were already appointed, if clean, to be sacrificed.
which.
Exod 13:2 Exod 13:12 Exod 13:13 Exod 22:30 Num 18:17 Deut 15:19 27 and shall add. This was probably intended to prevent rash vows and covetous redemptions. The priest alone was to value the thing; and to whatever his valuation was, a fifth part must be added by him who wished to redeem it.
Lev 27:11 -
Lev 27:13 28 no devoted. This is the
cherem, the absolute, irredeemable grant to God.
Lev 27:21 Exod 22:20 Num 21:2 Num 21:3 Deut 7:1 Deut 7:2 Deut 13:15 Deut 13:16 Deut 20:16 Deut 20:17 Deut 25:19 Josh 6:17 -
Josh 6:19 Josh 6:26 Josh 7:1 Josh 7:11 -
Josh 7:13 Josh 7:25 Judg 11:30 Judg 11:31 Judg 21:5 Judg 21:11 Judg 21:18 1Sam 14:24 -
1Sam 14:28 1Sam 14:38 -
1Sam 14:45 1Sam 15:3 1Sam 15:18 1Sam 15:32 1Sam 15:33 Matt 25:41 Acts 23:12 -
Acts 23:14 Rom 9:3 1Cor 16:22 Gal 3:10 Gal 3:13 29 None.
Num 21:2 Num 21:3 1Sam 15:18 -
1Sam 15:23which shall be devoted. That is, either that every person devoted to the service of God shall not be redeemed, but die in that devoted state, or, that such as were devoted to death by appointment and law of God, as the Canaanites were, shall be put to death.
30 Gen 14:20 Gen 28:22 Num 18:21 -
Num 18:24 Deut 12:5 Deut 12:6 Deut 14:22 Deut 14:23 2Chr 31:5 2Chr 31:6 2Chr 31:12 Neh 10:37 Neh 10:38 Neh 12:44 Neh 13:5 Neh 13:12 Mal 3:8 -
Mal 3:10 Matt 23:23 Luke 11:42 Luke 18:12 Heb 7:5 -
Heb 7:9 31 Lev 27:13 32 passeth under the rod. The Rabbins say, that when a man gave the tithe of his sheep or calves, he shut them in one fold, in which was a narrow door, to let out but one at a time. He then stood by the door, with a rod dipped in vermilion in his hand, and as they passed he counted them with the rod; and when the tenth came he touched it, by which it was distinguished as the tithe calf, sheep, etc.
Jer 33:13 Ezek 20:37 Mic 7:14 33 Lev 27:10 34 commandments.
Lev 26:46 Deut 4:45 John 1:17in mount.
Num 1:1 Gal 4:24 Gal 4:25 Heb 12:18 -
Heb 12:25CONCLUDING REMARKS.
Thus terminates this most interesting and important book; a book containing a code of sacrificial, ceremonial, civil, and judicial laws, which, for the purity of their morality, the wisdom, justice, and beneficence of their enactments, and the simplicity, dignity, and impressive nature of their rites, are perfectly unrivalled, and altogether worthy of their Divine Author. All the rites and ceremonies of the Mosaic law are at once dignified and expressive. They point out the holiness of their Author, the sinfulness of man, the necessity of an atonement, and the state of moral excellence to which the grace and mercy of the Creator have destined to raise the human soul. They include, as well as point out, the gospel of the Son of God; from which they receive their consummation and perfection. The sacrifices and oblations were significant of the atonement of Christ; the requisite qualities of these sacrifices were emblematical of his immaculate character; and the prescribed mode in the form of these offerings, and the mystical rites ordained, were allusive institutions, calculated to enlighten the apprehensions of the Jews, and to prepare them for the reception of the Gospel. The institution of the high priesthood typified Jesus, the Great High Priest, called and prepared of God, who hath an unchangeable priesthood, and is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him.
