Leviticus 27:14-34 ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 27:14-25

Here is the law concerning real estates dedicated to the service of God by a singular vow. I. Suppose a man, in his zeal for the honour of God, should sanctify his house to God (Lev. 27:14), the house must be valued by the priest, and the money got by the sale of it was to be converted to the use of the sanctuary, which by degrees came to be greatly enriched with dedicated things, 1 Kgs. 15:15. But, if the owner be inclined to redeem it himself, he must not have it so cheap as another, but... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 27:26-34

Here is, I. A caution given that no man should make such a jest of sanctifying things to the Lord as to sanctify any firstling to him, for that was his already by the law, Lev. 27:26. Though the matter of a general vow be that which we were before obliged to, as of our sacramental covenant, yet a singular vow should be of that which we were not, in such circumstances and proportions, antecedently bound to. The law concerning the firstlings of unclean beasts (Lev. 27:27) is the same with that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:14

And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord ,.... Shall set it apart for sacred service, devote it to holy uses, so that it may be sold, and the money laid out in sacrifices, the repairs of the temple, &c.; under this any other goods are comprehended, concerning which the Jews say,"he that sanctifieth his goods, and his wife's dowry is upon him, or he is a debtor; his wife cannot demand her, dowry out of that which is sanctified, nor a creditor his debt; but if he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:15

And if he that sanctifieth it will redeem his house ,.... An house set apart for holy uses might be redeemed, either by another paying the price set upon it by the priest, or by the original owner of it paying a fifth part more; and this was the case, whether of houses in walled cities or in villages: so Maimonides says,"he that sanctifies his house, whether it be one of those in walled cities, or of those in villages, it may be always redeemed; he that redeems one out of the hand of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:16

And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession ,.... That which he enjoyed by inheritance from his father, to distinguish it from a field of his own purchase, as in Leviticus 27:22 ; and which might be devoted, not all of it, but a part of it; partly that he might have something to live upon, or to improve for a livelihood for himself and family, and partly that estates might not be alienated entirely from their families and tribes in which they were: ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:17

If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee ,.... The very year, as Aben Ezra, while it is current, or when it is past, and he immediately sanctifies it for an holy use, and one comes to redeem it, as Jarchi says, as soon as ever it is devoted, and a priest has valued it, and there is a purchaser of it: according to thy estimation it shall stand ; what price soever the priest set upon it, that it was to go at, and he that had a mind to purchase it might have it for it, unless it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:18

But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee ,.... Some years after it, more or fewer, or it may be, when half way towards another jubilee, or nearer: then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee ; thus, for instance, if it only required an homer of barley to sow it, and the whole value of it from jubilee to jubilee was but fifty shekels of silver; then supposing it to be sanctified in the middle of the fifty... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:19

And if he that sanctified the field shall in any wise redeem it ,.... Is desirous of it, and determined upon it at any rate, repenting that he had parted with it in this manner: then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation to it : the Jerusalem Targum is, the fifth part of the shekels of silver: that is, if he has a mind to redeem it, and is resolved on it, as soon as he has sanctified it, then, besides the fifty shekels of silver it is rated at, and might be sold... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:20

And if he will not redeem the field ,.... He that sanctified it, does not care to give for it the settled price of the fifth part besides, but chooses it should be disposed of for the uses he devoted it to: or if he have sold the field to another man ; that is, either the original owner having bought it and sold it again, or rather the priest, the treasurer, as Jarchi, who had the disposal of it, for the uses and purposes for which it was devoted, when sold by him: it shall not be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:21

But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee ,.... Out of the hand of him that bought it: shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted ; though it went out of the hand of the purchaser, it did not return to him that sanctified or devoted it, but was separated to sacred uses for the service of the Lord; for every devoted thing, whether of man, beast, or field, was most holy to the Lord, Leviticus 27:28 , the possession thereof shall be the priests' ; it did not return to the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 27:14-25

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 27:26-34

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:21

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