Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Leviticus 27:18
After the jubilee — That is, some considerable time after. The defalcation from the full price of fifty shekels shall be more or less as the years are more or fewer.
After the jubilee — That is, some considerable time after. The defalcation from the full price of fifty shekels shall be more or less as the years are more or fewer.
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)
COMMUTATION FOR LAND. In this case the question of the interval before Jubile arises, as, in the case of a man, the period when he will be past work (Leviticus 27:7). The standard taken is the sowing...
C. VOWS OF HOUSES AND FIELDS 27:14-25 TEXT 27:14-25 14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto Jehovah, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest sh...
_AND IF A MAN SHALL SANCTIFY UNTO THE LORD SOME PART OF A FIELD OF HIS POSSESSION, THEN THY ESTIMATION SHALL BE ACCORDING TO THE SEED THEREOF: AN HOMER OF BARLEY SEED SHALL BE VALUED AT FIFTY SHEKELS...
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...
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...
BUT IF HE SANCTIFY HIS FIELD AFTER THE JUBILE. — If, however, the vow is made after the jubile, the priest is to value the field according to the number of years from the time of the vow to the next j...
וְ אִם ־אַחַ֣ר הַ יֹּבֵל֮ יַקְדִּ֣ישׁ שָׂדֵהו
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...
OF THE VOWING OF HOUSES AND FIELDS Leviticus 27:14 "And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall...
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...
These dedications of house and field have the same allusions to spiritual things; and, in a gospel sense, may be supposed to convey this doctrine: that ourselves, and our houses, and all our possessio...
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...
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...
BUT IF HE SANCTIFY HIS FIELD AFTER THE JUBILEE,.... Some years after it, more or fewer, or it may be, when half way towards another jubilee, or nearer: THEN THE PRIEST SHALL RECKON UNTO HIM THE MONEY...
_If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee_ That is, if the vow has been made immediately after the jubilee, then the land requiring a homer of barley-seed is to be valued at fifty shekels, as...
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...
OF HOUSES, FIELDS, AND FIRSTLINGS...
But if he sanctify his field after the Jubilee, after some years had elapsed, THEN THE PRIEST SHALL RECKON UNTO HIM THE MONEY ACCORDING TO THE YEARS THAT REMAIN, EVEN UNTO THE YEAR OF THE JUBILEE, AND...
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...
14-25 Our houses, lands, cattle, and all our substance, must be used to the glory of God. It is acceptable to him that a portion be given to support his worship, and to promote his cause. But God woul...
AFTER THE JUBILEE, i.e. some considerable time after the jubilee, as appears from the following words. UNTO THE YEAR OF THE JUBILEE; the defalcation from the full price of fifty shekels being to be mo...
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...
Leviticus 27:18 dedicates H6942 (H8686) field H7704 after H310 Jubilee H3104 priest H3548 reckon H2803 (H8765)
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 ou...
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...
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...
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...
LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 27:16__ Dedicating LAND to the Lord is divided into two cases: inherited land (vv. Leviticus 27:16) and purchased land ...
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...
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
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...