1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 2"Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When a man maketh a wonderful vow, by thy valuation the persons are Jehovah's. 3When thy valuation hath been of the male from a son of twenty years even unto a son of sixty years, then hath been thy valuation fifty shekels of silver by the shekel of the sanctuary. 4And if it is a female -- then hath thy valuation been thirty shekels; 5and if from a son of five years even unto a son of twenty years -- then hath thy valuation been of the male twenty shekels, and for the female, ten shekels; 6and if from a son of a month even unto a son of five years -- then hath thy valuation been of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation is three shekels of silver; 7and if from a son of sixty years and above -- if a male, then hath thy valuation been fifteen shekels, and for a female, ten shekels. 8"And if he is poorer than thy valuation, then he hath presented himself before the priest, and the priest hath valued him; according to that which the hand of him who is vowing doth reach doth the priest value him. 9"And if it is a beast of which they bring near an offering to Jehovah, all that one giveth of it to Jehovah is holy; 10he doth not change it nor exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he really change beast for beast, -- then it hath been -- it and its exchange is holy. 11"And if it is any unclean beast of which they do not bring near an offering to Jehovah, then he hath presented the beast before the priest, 12and the priest hath valued it; whether good or bad, according to thy valuation, O priest, so it is; 13and if he really redeem it, then he hath added its fifth to thy valuation. 14"And when a man sanctifieth his house, a holy thing to Jehovah, then hath the priest valued it, whether good or bad; as the priest doth value it so it standeth; 15and if he who is sanctifying doth redeem his house, then he hath added a fifth of the money of thy valuation to it, and it hath become his. 16"And if of the field of his possession a man sanctify to Jehovah, then hath thy valuation been according to its seed; a homer of barley-seed at fifty shekels of silver; 17if from the year of the jubilee he sanctify his field, according to thy valuation it standeth; 18and if after the jubilee he sanctify his field, then hath the priest reckoned to him the money according to the years which are left, unto the year of the jubilee, and it hath been abated from thy valuation. 19"And if he really redeem the field -- he who is sanctifying it -- then he hath added a fifth of the money of thy valuation to it, and it hath been established to him; 20and if he do not redeem the field, or if he hath sold the field to another man, it is not redeemed any more; 21and the field hath been, in its going out in the jubilee, holy to Jehovah as a field which is devoted; to the priest is its possession. 22"And if the field of his purchase (which is not of the fields of his possession) one sanctify to Jehovah -- 23then hath the priest reckoned to him the amount of thy valuation unto the year of jubilee, and he hath given thy valuation in that day -- a holy thing to Jehovah; 24in the year of the jubilee the field returneth to him from whom he bought it, to him whose is the possession of the land. 25And all thy valuation is by the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs is the shekel. 26"Only, a firstling which is Jehovah's firstling among beasts -- no man doth sanctify it, whether ox or sheep; it is Jehovah's. 27And if among the unclean beasts, then he hath ransomed it at thy valuation, and he hath added its fifth to it; and if it is not redeemed, then it hath been sold at thy valuation. 28"Only, no devoted thing which a man devoteth to Jehovah, of all that he hath, of man, and beast, and of the field of his possession, is sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to Jehovah. 29"No devoted thing, which is devoted of man, is ransomed, it is surely put to death. 30And all tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's -- holy to Jehovah. 31"And if a man really redeem any of his tithe, its fifth he addeth to it. 32"And all the tithe of the herd and of the flock -- all that passeth by under the rod -- the tenth is holy to Jehovah; 33he enquireth not between good and bad, nor doth he change it; and if he really change it -- then it hath been -- it and its exchange is holy; it is not redeemed." 34These are the commands which Jehovah hath commanded Moses for the sons of Israel, in 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.
