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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Leviticus 27:5

(5) If it be from five years old, even unto twenty years.—From the fact that a child of five years is here mentioned it is evident that the vows hero spoken of are not simply those which a man makes with regard to his own person, but which he also makes about others, since a vow involving the payment of a considerable sum of money on the part of a child was of no force. The case, therefore, here contemplated is of a father or mother vowing the male child unto the Lord or of any other person... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Leviticus 27:6

(6) From a month old even unto five years old.—That is, if a parent, or any other person, devotes his or anyone else’s child to the sanctuary, he is obliged to be redeemed according to the prescribed valuation. The formula used in such a case during the second Temple was, “Behold the estimation of this my boy, or this my girl, or of that boy or that girl, be upon me.”The male five shekels of silver.—As at this tender age the service of a child is not of much value, the vower is to pay for a boy... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Leviticus 27:7

(7) From sixty years old and above.—Being almost past labour, the old man is next in value to the child.A male . . . fifteen shekels.—The old man is therefore to be redeemed at £1 18s. 9d.The female ten shekels.—The old woman, from sixty and upwards, is estimated at exactly the same value as the girl from five to twenty years old (see Leviticus 27:5), and hence is to be redeemed at £1 5s. 10d. It will be seen that the disproportion between a man and a woman is not the same in old age as in... 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

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Leviticus 27:1-34

VII. CONCERNING VOWS The Claims of Jehovah Realized CHAPTER 27 1. The singular vow (Leviticus 27:1-8 ) 2. The sacrifice (Leviticus 27:9-13 ) 3. Concerning the house (Leviticus 27:14-15 ) 4. Concerning the land (Leviticus 27:16-25 ) 5. Concerning the firstling (Leviticus 27:26-27 ) 6. Devoted things (Leviticus 27:28-29 ) 7. All holy to Jehovah (Leviticus 27:30-34 ) This last chapter in Leviticus concerns vows and devoted things. Israel is still in view here. At Horeb they had... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Leviticus 27:3

27:3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty {c} shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.(c) Read the value of the shekel in Exodus 30:13. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Leviticus 27:6

27:6 And if [it be] from a {d} month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation [shall be] three shekels of silver.(d) He speaks of those vows by which the fathers dedicated their children to God who were not of such force; but they might be redeemed from them. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Leviticus 27:1-34

THE PERSONAL VOW (vv. 1-8) This was not a matter of a law requiring anything, but of a voluntary vow made to God. Though it was not required, yet when the vow was made, then it was absolutely required to be kept. If one were to consecrate to the Lord one of his family, the value of this was estimated in currency. A male from 20 to 60 years of age was estimated at 50 shekels of silver (v. 3). A female of the same age was valued at 30 shekels; a boy between 5 and 20 years was 20 shekels, and a... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:1-34

VOWS AND TITHES We have in this closing chapter a supplement to the whole book. Hitherto we dealt with obligations and duties resting on all Israelites alike, but now we come to vows of an additional and voluntary character (Deuteronomy 23:22 ). PERSONS MIGHT BE VOWED (Leviticus 27:1-8 ) The thought is, that persons might be vowed for service in the sanctuary; but since service could not be found for so large a number, and especially for young children, who might be vowed, there might be a... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Leviticus 27:3-4

Whatever difference was made in the Jewish church, blessed be GOD there is none in the Christian, for both male and female are all one in CHRIST JESUS. Galatians 3:28 . read more