Leviticus 27:12-27
as thou valuest it, who art the priest Heb. according to thy estimation, O priest, etc. Lev 27:14 Lev 27:10, Lev 27:15, Lev 27:19, Lev 5:16, Lev 6:4-5, Lev 22:14 sanctify Lev 27:21, Lev 25:29-31; Num 18:14; Ps 101:2-7 as the priest Lev 27:12 then he shall add Lev 27:13 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 Acts 4:34-37, Acts 5:4 an homer or, the land of an homer, etc. i.e. as much land as 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; Ezek 45:11-14; Hos 3:2 Lev 25:15-16, Lev 25:27, Lev 25:51-52 Lev 27:13 when Lev 25:10, Lev 25:28, Lev 25:31 devoted It is cherem, a thing so devoted to God, as never more to be capable of being redeemed. Lev 27:28-29; Deut 13:17; Josh 6:17; Ezra 10:8; Ezek 44:29 *marg. priest's Num 18:14; Ezek 44:29 his possession Lev 25:10, Lev 25:25 Lev 27:12, Lev 27:18 Lev 27:20, Lev 25:28 And all Lev 27:3 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 Exod 30:13; Num 3:47, Num 18:16; Ezek 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 Exod 13:2, Exod 13:12-13, Exod 22:30; Num 18:17; Deut 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. Lev 27:11-13
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