Genesis 31:13
the God.28:12-22; 35:7return.3; 32:9Leviticus 27
1 He that makes a singular vow must be the Lord's.3 The estimation of the person;9 of a beast given by vow;14 of a house;16 of a field, and the redemption thereof.28 No devoted thing may be redeemed.30 The tithe may not be changed. 1 When.Ge 28:20-22; Nu 6:2; 21:2; De 23:21-23; Jud 11:30,31,391Sa 1:11,28a singular vow.A vow is a religious promise made to God, for the most part with prayer, and paid with thanksgiving. Vows were either of abstinence (Nu 6:30), or the devoting of something to the Lord, as sacrifices (Le 7:16,) or the value of persons, beasts, houses, or lands, concerning which the law is here given. A man might vow or devote himself, his children, his domestics, his cattle, his goods, etc.; and respecting the redemption of all these, rules are laid down in this chapter. But if, after consecrating these things, he refused to redeem them, they then became the Lord's property forever. The persons continued all their lives devoted to the sanctuary, the goods were sold for the profit of the temple, or the priests; and the animals, if clean, were offered in sacrifice; and if not proper for sacrifice, were sold, and the proceeds devoted to sacred uses. This is a general view of the different laws relative to vows, mentioned in this chapter. Ec 5:4,5 And thy estimation.14; 5:15; 6:6; Nu 18:16; 2Ki 12:4; *marg:fifty shekels.i.e, At three shillings each, 7£. 10s. sterling. after the.25; Ex 30:13 thirty shekels.i.e., 4£. 10s. sterling, A little more than one-half the value of a man; for this obvious reason, that a woman, if employed, would not be of so much use in the sanctuary as the man. Zec 11:12,13; Mt 26:15; 27:9,10 twenty shekels. i.e., 3£. sterling. ten shekels. i.e., 1£.10s. sterling 5 from.Nu 3:40-43; 18:14-16the male.The male five shekels, 15s., the female three shekels, 9s. Being both in infancy they were nearly of an equal value. from.Ps 90:10fifteen.The old man and the old woman, being almost past labour, were nearly of an equal value; the former being estimated at 15 shekels, and the latter at 10. poorer.5:7; 12:8; 14:21,22; Mr 14:7; Lu 21:1-4; 2Co 8:12according.Jer 5:7 9 15-33; Jas 1:8 De 23:18; Mal 1:14 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 101:2-7as 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; 5:4an 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.25:10,28,31devoted.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.3to 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 no devoted.This is the {cherem,} the absolute, irredeemable grant to God. 21; Ex 22:20; Nu 21:2,3; De 7:1,2; 13:15,16; 20:16,17; 25:19Jos 6:17-19,26; 7:1,11-13,25; Jud 11:30,31; 21:5,11,181Sa 14:24-28,38-45; 15:3,18,32,33; Mt 25:41; Ac 23:12-14; Ro 9:31Co 16:22; Ga 3:10,13 None.Nu 21:2,3; 1Sa 15:18-23which shall be devoted.That is, either that every person devoted to the service of God shall not be redeemed, but die in that devoted state, or, that such as were devoted to death by appointment and law of God, as the Canaanites were, shall be put to death. Ge 14:20; 28:22; Nu 18:21-24; De 12:5,6; 14:22,23; 2Ch 31:5,6,12Ne 10:37,38; 12:44; 13:5,12; Mal 3:8-10; Mt 23:23; Lu 11:42; 18:12Heb 7:5-9 13 passeth under the rod.The Rabbins say, that when a man gave the tithe of his sheep or calves, he shut them in one fold, in which was a narrow door, to let out but one at a time. He then stood by the door, with a rod dipped in vermilion in his hand, and as they passed he counted them with the rod; and when the tenth came he touched it, by which it was distinguished as the tithe calf, sheep, etc. Jer 33:13; Eze 20:37; Mic 7:14 10 commandments.26:46; De 4:45; Joh 1:17in mount.Nu 1:1; Ga 4:24,25; Heb 12:18-25 CONCLUDING REMARKS. Thus terminates this most interesting and important book; a book containing a code of sacrificial, ceremonial, civil, and judicial laws, which, for the purity of their morality, the wisdom, justice, and beneficence of their enactments, and the simplicity, dignity, and impressive nature of their rites, are perfectly unrivalled, and altogether worthy of their Divine Author. All the rites and ceremonies of the Mosaic law are at once dignified and expressive. They point out the holiness of their Author, the sinfulness of man, the necessity of an atonement, and the state of moral excellence to which the grace and mercy of the Creator have destined to raise the human soul. They include, as well as point out, the gospel of the Son of God; from which they receive their consummation and perfection. The sacrifices and oblations were significant of the atonement of Christ; the requisite qualities of these sacrifices were emblematical of his immaculate character; and the prescribed mode in the form of these offerings, and the mystical rites ordained, were allusive institutions, calculated to enlighten the apprehensions of the Jews, and to prepare them for the reception of the Gospel. The institution of the high priesthood typified Jesus, the Great High Priest, called and prepared of God, who hath an unchangeable priesthood, and is able to save to the uttermost all that come unto God by him.Numbers 6:1-20
1 The law of the Nazarite in the days of his separation;13 and after their completion.22 The form of blessing the people. 1 When.5,6; Ex 33:16; Le 20:26; Pr 18:1; Ro 1:1; 2Co 6:16; Ga 1:15Heb 7:27separate themselves.The word {yaphli,} rendered "shall separate themselves," signifies, "the doing of something extraordinary," and is the same word as is used concerning the making a singular vow. (Le 27:2); it seems to convey the idea of a person's acting from extraordinary zeal for God and religion. to vow.Le 27:2; Jud 13:5; 1Sa 1:28; Am 2:11,12; Lu 1:15; Ac 21:23,24to separate themselves. or, to make themselves Nazarites.{Lahazzir,} from {nazar,} to be separate; hence {nazir,} a Nazarite, i.e., a person separated; one peculiarly devoted to the service of God by being separated from all servile employments. The Nazarites were of two kinds: such as were devoted to God by their parents in their infancy, or even sometimes before they were born; and such as devoted themselves. The former were Nazarites for life; and the latter commonly bound themselves to observe the laws of the Nazarites for a limited time. The Nazarites for life were not bound to the same strictness as the others, concerning whom the laws relate. Besides the religious nature of this institution, it seems to have been partly of a civil and prudential use. The sobriety and temperance which the Nazarites were obliged to observe were very conducive to health. Accordingly, they were celebrated for their fair and ruddy complexion; being said to be both whiter than milk and more ruddy than rubies (La 4:7); the sure signs of a sound and healthy constitution. It may here be observed, that when God intended to raise up Samson, by his strength of body, to scourge the enemies of Israel, he ordered, that from his infancy he should drink no wine, but live by the rule of the Nazarites, because that would greatly contribute to make him strong and healthy; intending, after nature had done her utmost to form this extraordinary instrument of his providence, to supply her defect by his own supernatural power. See Jenning's Jewish Antiquities, B. I. c. 8. Le 10:9; Jud 13:14; Pr 31:4,5; Jer 35:6-8; Am 2:12; Lu 1:15Lu 7:33,34; 21:34; Eph 5:18; 1Th 5:22; 1Ti 5:23 separation. or, Nazariteship.5,8,9,12,13,18,19,21vine tree. Heb. vine of the wine. razor.Jud 13:5; 16:17,19; 1Sa 1:11; La 4:7,8; 1Co 11:10-15 he shall come.19:11-16; Le 19:28; Jer 16:5,6; Eze 24:16-18; Mt 8:21,22Lu 9:59,60; 2Co 5:16 unclean.9:6; Le 21:1,2,10-12; Eze 44:25consecration. Heb. separation.This expression, "the consecration, or separation, of God is on his head," denotes his hair, which was the proof and emblem of his separation, and of his subjection to God through all the peculiarities of his Nazarate. St. Paul probably alludes to this circumstance in 1 Co 11:10 by considering a married woman as a Nazarite for life, i.e., separated from all others, and united to her husband, to whom she is subject. 2Co 6:17,18 and he.19:14-19shave.18; Ac 18:18; 21:23,24; Php 3:8,9 Le 1:14; 5:7-10; 9:1-21; 12:6; 14:22,23,31; 15:14,29; Ro 4:25Joh 2:1,2 offer.Le 5:8-10; 14:30,31and shall.5 a trespass.Le 5:6; 14:24but the.Eze 18:24; Mt 3:15; 24:13; Joh 8:29-31; Jas 2:10; 2Jo 1:8lost. Heb. fall. are fulfilled.Ac 21:26 one he.Le 1:10-13; 1Ch 15:26,28,29one ewe.Le 4:2,3,27,32; Mal 1:13,14; 1Pe 1:19one ram.Le 3:6 a basket.Le 2:4; 8:2; 9:4; Joh 6:50-59anointed.Ex 29:2drink.15:5,7,10; Isa 62:9; Joe 1:9,13; 2:14; 1Co 10:31; 11:26 16 17 shave the head.The hair, which was permitted to grow for this purpose, was shaven off, as a token that the vow was accomplished. 5,9; Ac 18:18; 21:24,26and put it.Lu 17:10; Eph 1:6 the sodden.Le 8:31; 1Sa 2:15put them.Ex 29:23-28; Le 7:30; 8:27 the priest shall.5:25; Ex 29:27,28; Le 9:21; 10:15; 23:11with the wave.18:18; Le 7:31,34and after.Ps 16:10,11; Ec 9:7; Isa 25:6; 35:10; 53:10-12; Zec 9:15,17; 10:7Mt 26:29; Mr 14:25; Joh 17:4,5; 19:30; 2Ti 4:7,8Numbers 21:2-3
vowed.Ge 28:20; Jud 11:30; 1Sa 1:11; 2Sa 15:7,8; Ps 56:12,13; 116:18Ps 132:2I will.Le 27:28,29; De 13:15; Jos 6:17,26; 1Co 16:22 hearkened.Ps 10:17; 91:15; 102:17and they utterly.{Wyyacharem,} rather with the LXX. [kai anethematisen,] "and they anathematised, or devoted them to destruction;" for it is certain that these Canaanites and Arad were not utterly destroyed till the time of Joshua. (Jos 12:14.) the name.14:45; De 1:44; 1Sa 30:30{Hormah,} that is, utter destruction. {Chormah,} rather a devoting to destruction: so LXX. [Anathema,] and Tremellius, {devotio sive anathema.}Judges 11:30-31
Ge 28:20; Nu 30:2-16; 1Sa 1:11; Ec 5:1,2,4,5 whatsoever, etc. Heb. that which cometh forth, which shallcome forth. shall surely. Le 27:2,3,28,29; 1Sa 1:11,28; 2:18; 14:24,44; Ps 66:13,14and I will. or, or I will, etc.{Wehäâleetheehoo ôlah,} rather, as Dr. Randolph and others contend, "and I will offer Him (or to Him, i.e., Jehovah) a burnt offering;" for {hoo} may with much more propriety be referred to the person to whom the sacrifice was to be made, than to the thing to be sacrificed. Unless understood in this way, or as the marginal reading, it must have been the vow of a heathen or a madman. If a dog, or other uncleaned animal had met him, he could not have made it a burnt offering; or if his neighbour's wife, sons, etc., his vow gave him no right over them. Le 27:11,12; De 23:18; Ps 66:13; Isa 66:31 Samuel 1:11
vowed.Ge 28:20; Nu 21:2; 30:3-8; Jud 11:30; Ec 5:4look.Ge 29:32; Ex 4:31; 2Sa 16:12; Ps 25:18remember.19; Ge 8:1; 30:22; Ps 132:1,2a man child. Heb. seed of men. I will give.Samuel, as a descendent of Levi, was the Lord's property, from twenty-five years of age till fifty; but the vow here implies that he should be consecrated to the Lord from his infancy to his death, and that he should not only act as a Levite, but as a Nazarite. there.Nu 6:5; Jud 13:51 Samuel 1:28
lent him. or, returned him, whom I have obtained bypetition, to the Lord. The word {hishilteehoo}, "I have lent him," is the {Hiphil} conjugation of {shuäl,} "he asked," (ver. 27,) and refers to the name of Samuel. he shall be. or, he whom I have obtained by petition shallbe returned. he worshipped. Ge 24:26,48,52; 2Ti 3:15
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