The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:26-33
The law of vows and their commutation is further declared in four subjects: read more
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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
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
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - Leviticus 27:32-33
The tithe of the cattle could neither be vowed nor redeemed. As the young oxen and sheep passed under the rod by which they were counted by the herdsman, the tenth animal was touched (the rod, according to tradition, having been dipped in red paint), and handed over to the Levites. There was to be no change made in the animals, nor was commutation allowed. 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
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Leviticus 27:32
Whatsoever passeth under the rod - According to rabbinical tradition, the animals to be tithed were enclosed in a pen, and as they went out one by one at the opening, every tenth animal was touched with a rod dipped in vermilion. Compare the margin reference.For a more full explanation of what relates to tithes, see the margin reference and Genesis 14:20; Deuteronomy 14:22, Deuteronomy 14:28. read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 27:26
Leviticus 27:26. No man shall sanctify it By vow; because it is not his own, but the Lord’s already, and therefore to vow such a thing to God is a tacit derogation from, and a usurpation of, the Lord’s right, and a mocking of God by pretending to give what we cannot withhold from him. Ox or sheep Under these two eminent kinds he comprehends all other beasts which might be sacrificed to God, the firstlings whereof could not be redeemed, but were to be sacrificed; whereas the firstlings... read more
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Leviticus 27:27
Leviticus 27:27. An unclean beast That is, if it be the firstborn of an unclean beast, as appears from Leviticus 27:26, which could not be vowed, because it was a firstborn, nor offered, because it was unclean; and therefore is here commanded to be redeemed or sold. It shall be sold And the price thereof was given to the priests, or brought into the Lord’s treasury. 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