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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Leviticus 27:26

No man shall sanctify it, to wit, by vow; because it is not his own, but the Lord's already, and therefore to vow such a thing to God is a tacit derogation from and a usurpation of the Lord's right, and a mocking of God by pretending to give him what we cannot withhold from him. Ox or sheep: under these two eminent kinds he comprehends all other beasts which might be sacrificed to God, the firstlings whereof could not be redeemed, but were to be sacrificed; whereas the firstlings of men were to be redeemed, and therefore were capable of being vowed, as we see 1 Samuel 1:11.

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    VII. CONCERNING VOWS The Claims of Jehovah Realized CHAPTER 27 _ 1. The singular vow (Leviticus 27:1)_ 2. The sacrifice (Leviticus 27:9) 3. Concerning the house (Leviticus 27:14)

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    26F. FOR FIRSTLINGS. Firstlings of oxen and sheep and goats) belong to Yahweh in any case, and thus cannot be voluntarily offered or come under valuation (_cf._ Deuteronomy 23:21). Animals that fall o...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ONLY. nevertheless. Rendered in Leviticus 27:28, "notwithstanding"....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Classes which may not be vowed_ Firstlings are already the Lord's (Exodus 13:2). If the firstling is, that of an animal which is reckoned among the -unclean" (according to the rule laid down, ch. Le...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SHALL SANCTIFY IT— i.e. _Consecrate,_ because God had already consecrated them. See Exodus 13:2....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. EXCLUSIONS FROM THE VOWS 27:26-34 1. FIRSTLINGS AMONG BEASTS 27:26, 27 2. DEVOTED THINGS 27:28, 29 3. THE TITHE 27:30-33 TEXT 27:26-34 26 Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstlin...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _ONLY THE FIRSTLING OF THE BEASTS, WHICH SHOULD BE THE LORD'S FIRSTLING, NO MAN SHALL SANCTIFY IT; WHETHER IT BE OX, OR SHEEP: IT IS THE LORD'S._ Only the firstling. These, in the case of clean beast...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    27:26 sheep; (c-24) Or 'goat.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    VOWS AND TITHES AND THEIR REDEMPTION 1-29. Law of vows and their redemption. The making of vows is a very ancient and universal practice connected with prayer. In order to secure his desire the suppl...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Firstlings, which already belong to God (Exodus 13:2), cannot be vowed again without mockery....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ONLY THE FIRSTLING OF THE BEASTS. — Better, _nevertheless the firstlings,_ &c, as this rendering also suits Leviticus 27:28, which begins with the same particle, and which is translated in the Authori...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַךְ ־בְּכֹ֞ור אֲשֶׁר ־יְבֻכַּ֤ר לַֽ יהוָה֙ ב

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CONCERNING VOWS Leviticus 27:1 As already remarked, the book of Leviticus certainly seems, at first sight, to be properly completed with the previous chapter; and hence it has been not unnaturally su...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    EXCLUSIONS FROM THE VOW Leviticus 27:26 "Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to the Lord, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is the Lord's. And if it be of...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this final page of the Book of Leviticus we have something superadded to actual laws and yet of very vital importance. It is concerned with vows. A vow is a promise made to God voluntarily and not...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether [it be] ox, or sheep: it [is] the (n) LORD'S. (n) It was the Lord's already....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _First-born. Septuagint add "a beasts." Men, though belonging to the Lord on that title already, (Exodus xiii. 2,) might still be more particularly consecrated to him by vow, as Samuel was. (Calmet) -...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The same observations meet us here respecting the dedication of beasts and cattle. There is to be nothing blemished offered to the LORD. Malachi 1:13....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    26._Only the firstling of the beasts. _Here a caution is interposed, that none should offer what is already the property of God. For since men are so greatly given to ostentation, and therefore in tes...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The last chapter (27) treats of the rights and the appointments of God in all that relates to things which are devoted to Him through the medium of priesthood. This necessarily finds its place in that...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    ONLY THE FIRSTLINGS OF THE BEASTS,.... These are excepted from being sanctified, or set apart for sacred uses, for a very good reason, suggested in the next clause: WHICH SHOULD BE THE LORD'S FIRSTLI...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD'S firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether [it be] ox, or sheep: it [is] the LORD'S. Ver. 26. _No man shall sanctify._] Because they wer...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _No man shall sanctify it_ By vow; because it is not his own, but the Lord's already, and therefore to vow such a thing to God is a tacit derogation from, and a usurpation of, the Lord's right, and a...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 He that maketh a singular vow must bee the Lords. 2 The estimation of the person. 9 Of a beast giuen by vow. 14 Of a house. 16 Of a field and the redemption thereof. 28 No deuoted thing may be...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    OF HOUSES, FIELDS, AND FIRSTLINGS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord's firstling, Exodus 13:2, no man shall sanctify it: these animals could not be used in the event of vows; WHETHER IT BE OX OR SHEEP; IT IS TH...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PERSONAL VOW (VV. 1-8) This was not a matter of a law requiring anything, but of a voluntary vow made to God. Though it was not required, yet when the vow was made, then it was absolutely required...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    FIRSTLING: _ Heb._ first born, etc....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    26-33 Things or persons devoted, are distinguished from things or persons that were only sanctified. Devoted things were most holy to the Lord, and could neither be taken back nor applied to other pu...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    This closing section of our book treats of the "singular vow," or the voluntary act whereby a person devoted himself or his property unto the Lord. "And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 27:26 firstborn H1060 animals H929 LORDS H3068 firstborn H1069 (H8792) man H376 dedicate H6942 (H8686)

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Laws concerning dedicated persons and things. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: We should be cautious in making vows and constant in keeping those we have made. What is once devoted to t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 27:2. A _singular vow._ When a man shall vow a vow; or as others contend, when a man shall vow to give the price of his life or labour to the Lord. The family of Aaron being appointed priest...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 27:1 Vows and Dedication. This final chapter describes means of redemption relating to vows made to the Lord. The ma­terial appears to be an appendix to the book because it...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 27:26__ The FIRSTBORN already BELONGS TO THE LORD ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    Dotibe Offerings of the Lord SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 27:2.—Shall make a singular vow. The Rabbins interpreted the phrase as meaning to “pronounce a vow,” and the Chaldee version renders the wor...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    APPENDIX. EXPOSITION The final chapter, attached to the book after the concluding exhortation, is a short treatise on persons (Leviticus 27:2), animals (Leviticus 27:9-3), houses (Le

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, say unto them, When a man makes a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation (Leviticus 27:1-2). Now if y...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 15:19; Exodus 13:12; Exodus 13:13; Exodus 13:2; Exodus 22

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    No man shall sanctify it — By vow; because it is not his own, but the Lord's already, and therefore to vow such a thing to God is a tacit derogation from, and an usurpation of the Lord's right, and a...

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