Leviticus 27:15-33
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 10James 1:8
4:8; 1Ki 18:21; 2Ki 17:33,41; Isa 29:13; Ho 7:8-11; 10:2; Mt 6:22,242Pe 2:14; 3:16
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