Leviticus 27:21 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 27:21

Devoted - See Leviticus 27:28 note. read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 27:21

Leviticus 27:21. When it goeth out That is, out of the possession of the other man to whom the priest sold it. The possession shall be the priest’s For his maintenance. Nor is this repugnant to that law, that the priests should have no inheritance in the land, Numbers 18:20; for that is only spoken of the tribe of Levi in general, in reference to the first division of the land, wherein the Levites were not to have a distinct part of land, as other tribes had; but this does not imply that... read more

Donald C. Fleming

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 27:21

devoted. Hebrew. haram, denotes a total and complete separation, which does not admit of redemption. First occurance of haram. It is rendered "devoted" only in this chapter (six times) and once in Numbers 18:14 . read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 27:1-34

H. DIRECTIONS CONCERNING VOWS ch. 27The blessings and curses (ch. 26) were in a sense God’s vows to His people. This chapter deals with His people’s vows to Him. Another connection between these chapters is that in times of divine discipline (Leviticus 26:14-33) people tend to make vows to God. Chapter 27 shows how God wanted the Israelites to honor their vows. [Note: Wenham, The Book . . ., p. 336.] "The directions concerning vows follow the express termination of the Sinaitic lawgiving (chap.... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 27:14-29

3. Vows concerning other property 27:14-29God treated houses (Leviticus 27:14-15) the same as unclean cattle (cf. Leviticus 27:11-12). He calculated land value in relationship to the year of jubilee. The people evidently were to pay for land they inherited and then vowed year by year (Leviticus 27:16-21). However they normally were to pay for land they purchased and then vowed in one payment (Leviticus 27:22-25). They could not vow first-born animals because these already belonged to God... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 27:1-34

Vows and Tithes and their Redemption1-29. 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 suppliant adds a vow to his prayer. Vows may be either positive or negative. A man may promise either to devote something to God, or to abstain from some comfort or necessary of life. Instances of the latter, vows of abstinence, are to be found in Numbers 6:1-21; Numbers 30; 1 Samuel 14:24; Psalms 132:2-5,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Leviticus 27:21

(21) But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile.—That is, when it quits the hand of the purchaser, since in jubile every buyer was to part with the land which he bought, (see Leviticus 25:25-28)—Shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted.—It shall not revert to the original owner who first vowed it and, after refusing to redeem it, fraudulently sold it, but becomes God’s property, like all devoted or banned things. (See Leviticus 27:28.) According to the authorities during the second... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

CONCERNING VOWSLeviticus 27:1-34As 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 suggested that this chapter has by some editor been transferred, either of intention or accident, from an earlier part of the book - as, e.g., after chapter 25. The question is one of no importance; but it is not hard to perceive a good reason for the position of this chapter after not only the rest... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:14-25

OF THE VOWING OF HOUSES AND FIELDSLeviticus 27:14-25"And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord part of the field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 27:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 27:21

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Leviticus 27:21

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 27:1-34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Leviticus 27:14-29

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 27:1-34

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Leviticus 27:21

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:14-25

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