The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:26-33
The law of vows and their commutation is further declared in four subjects: read more
Leviticus 27:28-29 Niv
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
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
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 27:28
Devoted thing - The primary meaning of the Heb. word חרם chērem is something cut off, or shut up. Its specific meaning in the Law is, that which is cut off from common use and given up in some sense to Yahweh, without the right of recal or commutation. It is applied to a field wholly appropriated to the sanctuary Leviticus 27:21, and to whatever was doomed to destruction 1 Samuel 15:21; 1 Kings 20:42. Our translators have often rendered the word by “cursed,” or “a curse,” which in some places... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 27:28
Leviticus 27:28. No devoted thing That is, nothing which is absolutely devoted to God with a curse upon themselves or others if they disposed not of it according to their vow; as the Hebrew word implies. Most holy That is, only to be touched or employed by the priests, and by no other persons; no, not by their own families, for that was the state of the most holy things. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 27:29
Leviticus 27:29. Devoted of men Not by men, as some would elude it, but of men, for it is manifest both from this and the foregoing verses, that men are here not the persons devoting, but devoted to destruction, either by God’s sentence, as idolaters, Exodus 22:20; Deuteronomy 23:15; the Canaanites, Deuteronomy 20:17; the Amalekites, Leviticus 25:19; 1Sa 15:3 ; 1 Samuel 15:26; Benhadad, 1 Kings 20:42; or by men, in pursuance of such a sentence of God, as Numbers 21:2-3; Numbers 31:17;... 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 27:28
Notwithstanding. See note on Leviticus 27:26 . is = it [is]. read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Leviticus 27:28
"Notwithstanding, no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto Jehovah of all that he hath, whether of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto Jehovah. No one devoted, that shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death."The word "devoted" in this passage has the simple meaning of "accursed."[11] We may be certain, therefore, that the authority thus to "devote" another human being... read more
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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