John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 27:30
And all the tithe of the land ,.... Of which there were various sorts, the first tithe, the tithe out of the tithe, the second tithe, and the poor's tithe, which are generally reduced to three,"The first tenth part of all increase I gave to the sons of Aaron, who ministered at Jerusalem: another tenth part I sold away, and went, and spent it every year at Jerusalem:' (Tobit 1:7)so Maimonides F16 Hilchot Maaser Sheni, c. 1. sect. 1. says,"after they had separated the first tithe every... read more
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