レビ記 27:27-31 JCB

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-33

Spontaneous devotion. The relations between God and his ancient people were not so rigid as they are sometimes supposed to have been. It was not all enactment on the one hand, and obedience or disobedience on the other. We find illustration here— I. THAT THE LAW OF GOD LEAVES AMPLE ROOM FOR THE PLAY OF SPONTANEOUS DEVOTION . Under the inspiring influence of some signal mercies, individual or national, the Israelite might devote to God either This was to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

A man might vow to the service of God whatever he had a right over, that is, himself, his wife, his children, his slaves, his beasts, his houses, his fields. In case persons were vowed, the rule was that they should be redeemed at a certain price, though occasionally the redemption was not made. Vowing a person to God thus, was, as a rule, no more than vowing so much money to the use of the sanctuary as was fixed as the price of the redemption of the person vowed. Yet there is a great... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

Vows are not instituted by the Mosaic legislation; they were already in existence as a habit of the Hebrew people, and they are only regulated by Moses. The principle on the subject of vows is that no one was bound to make a vow, but that when a vow was made, it must be observed by the payment of the thing vowed or its recognized commutation. Thus Deuteronomy 23:21 , "When thou shalt vow a vow unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the Lord thy God will surely require it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

On keeping vows. cf. Ecclesiastes 5:4 , Ecclesiastes 5:5 ; Genesis 28:20-22 ; Genesis 35:1-7 . We have in this apparent appendix to the book an interesting chapter about keeping vows. Religious enthusiasm may very properly express itself in the dedication either of one's self, or a relative in whose destiny we have a voice, or a beast, or a house, or finally a field. Such a sense of special obligation may be laid upon us that we feel constrained to dedicate either a person, an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

Vows and dues. I. We find here a representation of the union of righteousness and grace in the kingdom of God. The sacredness of vows and dues; but the estimation, by the priest, according to the ability of him that made the vow. The Law makes its claim, but God provides against its rigour. II. Comparison of the Law of God as given to his ancient people with the imperfect and cruel laws of merely human origin. Especially as to human sacrifices. The only human life which could be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:26-28

The firstborn of animals were already the Lord's, and they could not, therefore, be vowed to him afresh; the sacrificial animals were to be offered in sacrifice ( Exodus 13:15 ); the ass was to be redeemed by a sheep or be put to death ( Exodus 13:13 ; Exodus 34:20 ); other unclean animals are to be either redeemed at the fixed price, plus one-fifth, or, if not redeemed, sold for the benefit of the sanctuary. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:26-33

The law of vows and their commutation is further declared in four subjects: read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:26-34

Devoted things. The earlier part of this chapter is mainly concerned with things sanctified to God by vows. I. DEVOTED THINGS DIFFER FROM THINGS SANCTIFIED . 1 . In that they may not be redeemed. 2 . Persons when devoted were doomed to die. II. THE LAW CONCERNING TITHES . 1 . These are now formally required. 2 . Things marked as tithes must not be exchanged. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:28-29

Whatever is already cherem (a word here first used as a term well understood), that is, devoted to God, whether devoted for the purpose of destruction or of entire surrender to him, may be neither redeemed nor sold. Whether it be of man, like the Canaanites at Hormah ( Numbers 21:2 ), or of beast, as the sheep and oxen of the Amalekites ( 1 Samuel 15:21 ), or of the field, as referred to in Leviticus 27:21 , or of other inanimate objects, as the cities of Hormah ( Numbers 21:2... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:30-32

Tithes, like the cherem, are introduced as things well known. Abraham gave tithes to Melchizedek ( Genesis 14:20 ; Hebrews 7:4 ). Jacob vowed the tenth to the Lord ( Genesis 28:22 ), whence we see that the practice of the payment of tithes was not of Mosaic institution, but immemorial. The duty was, however, commanded afresh for the Israelites. "I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:26-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:26-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:26-34

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:28-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:30-32

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