Leviticus 27:1
THIS IS THE WORD OF YAHWEH (LEVITICUS 27:1). . Leviticus 27:1 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,' It is once more stressed that we have here a word from Yahweh through Moses.... [ Continue Reading ]
THIS IS THE WORD OF YAHWEH (LEVITICUS 27:1). . Leviticus 27:1 ‘And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,' It is once more stressed that we have here a word from Yahweh through Moses.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRICE OF REDEMPTION FROM A VOW (LEVITICUS 27:2). Leviticus 27:2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When a man shall accomplish a vow, the persons shall be for Yahweh by your estimation.” When anyone comes to the end of their vow a price must be paid for their release. They have... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRICE FOR REDEMPTION OF A BEAST (LEVITICUS 27:9). Leviticus 27:9 “And if it be a beast, of which men offer an oblation to Yahweh, all that any man gives of such to Yahweh shall be holy. He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change b... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRICE FOR REDEMPTION OF A HOUSE (LEVITICUS 27:14). Leviticus 27:14 “And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy to Yahweh, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad. As the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. And if he who sanctified it will redeem his house... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRICE FOR THE REDEMPTION OF A FIELD OF HIS POSSESSION DEDICATED TO YAHWEH (LEVITICUS 27:16). A field of his possession refers to one the possession of which is given to him when the first share out is made in Canaan, a field which if sold would normally come back to him at the year of Yubile. T... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REDEMPTION PRICE OF OTHER FIELDS (LEVITICUS 27:22). Leviticus 27:22 “And if he sanctify to Yahweh a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession, then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your estimation to the year of jubilee, and he shall give your estimation... [ Continue Reading ]
FIRSTLINGS (LEVITICUS 27:26). Leviticus 27:26 “Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Yahweh, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.” A firstling cannot be set apart as holy to Yahweh. It is already Yahweh's. See Exodus 13:2. Such a vow would b... [ Continue Reading ]
DEVOTED THINGS (LEVITICUS 27:28). Up to this point if something was not redeemed it could be either used by or sold by the priests. But ‘devoted' things would seem to indicate things irrevocably devoted to Yahweh. This was seemingly the most serious of vows and the devoted thing became most holy to... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAW CONCERNING TITHES (LEVITICUS 27:30). Leviticus 27:30 “And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is Yahweh's. It is holy to Yahweh.” That part of the produce of the land which is a tithe is holy to Yahweh. The tithe was one tenth which had... [ Continue Reading ]