Leviticus 5:15-16

a soul.

1,2; 4:2

in the.

16; 7:1,6; 10:17,18; 22:1-16; 24:5-9; 27:9-33; Nu 18:9-32

De 12:5-12,26; 15:19,20; 26:1-15

ram.

18; 6:6; Ezr 10:19

thy estimation.

26:2-8,12,13,17,18,23-27

the shekel.

27:25; Ex 30:13

make.

22:14; Ex 22:1,3,4; Ps 69:4; Lu 19:8; Ac 26:20

the fifth.

6:4,5; 27:13,15,27,31; Nu 5:7

and the priest.

6,10,13; 4:26; Heb 9:13,14; 1Jo 2:1,2

Leviticus 27:12-27

as thou valuest it, who art the priest. Heb. according tothy estimation, O priest, etc.

14

10,15,19; 5:16; 6:4,5; 22:14

sanctify.

21; 25:29-31; Nu 18:14; Ps 101:2-7

as the priest.

12

then he shall add.

13

some part.Though the words "some part" are not expressed, yet it is generally allowed that they should be supplied here; as it was not lawful for a man to alienate in this manner his whole patrimony: he might express his good will for the house of God but he must not impoverish his own family.

of a field.

Ac 4:34-37; 5:4

an homer. or, the land of an homer, etc., i.e, as much landas required a homer of barley to sow it. The {homer} was very different from the {omer;} the latter held about three quarts, the former seventy-five gallons three pints.

Isa 5:10; Eze 45:11-14; Ho 3:2

17

25:15,16,27,51,52

13

20

when.

25:10,28,31

devoted.It is {cherem,} a thing so devoted to God, as never more to be capable of being redeemed.

28,29; De 13:17; Jos 6:17; Ezr 10:8; Eze 44:29; *marg:

priest's.

Nu 18:14; Eze 44:29

his possession.

25:10,25

12,18

20; 25:28

And all.

3

to the shekel.A standard shekel; the standard being kept in the sanctuary, to try and regulate all the weights in the land by.

twenty.

Ex 30:13; Nu 3:47; 18:16; Eze 45:12

the firstling. Heb. first born, etc.As these firstlings were the Lord's before, it would have been a solemn mockery to pretend to make them a matter of a singular vow; for they were already appointed, if clean, to be sacrificed.

which.

Ex 13:2,12,13; 22:30; Nu 18:17; De 15:19

and shall add.This was probably intended to prevent rash vows and covetous redemptions. The priest alone was to value the thing; and to whatever his valuation was, a fifth part must be added by him who wished to redeem it.

11-13

Leviticus 27:31

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