Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34
Valuations for things vowed (27:1-34)People often vowed things to God out of gratitude for his goodness to them, usually in some crisis they had met. If the offering vowed was a person, this person was not to be offered in sacrifice but was to be redeemed, or bought back, by the payment of money to the sanctuary. The amount to be paid was estimated by the priests according to the usefulness of the person offered. The priests were to give special consideration to a poor person who could not pay... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 27:22-23
Leviticus 27:22-23. Not of the fields of his possession His patrimony or inheritance. Thy estimation That is, the price which thou, O Moses, by my direction, hast set in such cases. To the jubilee As much as it is worth, for that space of time between the making of the vow and the year of jubilee: for he had no right to it for any longer time, as the next verse tells us. As a holy thing As that which is to be consecrated to God instead of the land redeemed by it. read more