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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Leviticus 27:10

He shall not alter it, nor change it. — The identical animal vowed is to be delivered; no change whatever, even if it is in the substitution of a better for an inferior animal, is permitted. The stress laid upon this part of the enactment is indicated by the employment here of two verbs of the same import. If he who vows does change the one he dedicated to the Lord, both the animals, the one he originally vowed and the one he substituted for it, are alike holy, and must be delivered to the sanctuary.

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See also Leviticus 27:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Leviticus 27:10. _HE SHALL NOT ALTER IT, NOR CHANGE IT, A GOOD FOR A_ _BAD, C._] Whatever was consecrated to God by a _vow_, or purpose of heart, was considered from that moment as the Lord's p...

  • 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

    COMMUTATION FOR AN ANIMAL. An animal once vowed is treated as holy; any attempt to substitute another less valuable renders the second holy (and forfeit) also. An unclean animal cannot be directly off...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    ALTER. Hebrew. _malaph,_ to change for the better. Compare Psalms 55:19. CHANGE. Hebrew. _mur,_ to change for the worse: note the _Introversion._. | alter (bad for good).. | change (good for bad). _h...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _The case of cattle_ Such an animal, when presented as a vow, must not be changed, a bad for a good. Otherwise both animals became dedicated. If the animal so presented was -unclean," and as such cou...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. VOWS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS 27:9-13 TEXT 27:9-13 9 And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto Jehovah, all that any man giveth of such unto Jehovah shall be holy. 10 He shall not alt...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND IF IT BE A BEAST, WHEREOF MEN BRING AN OFFERING UNTO THE LORD, ALL THAT ANY MAN GIVETH OF SUCH UNTO THE LORD SHALL BE HOLY._ If it be a beast - a clean beast; after it had been vowed, it could n...

  • 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

    See Malachi 1:14....

  • 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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    לֹ֣א יַחֲלִיפֶ֗נּוּ וְ לֹֽא ־יָמִ֥יר אֹתֹ֛ו ט

  • 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)

    OF THE VOWING OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS Leviticus 27:9 "And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy. He shall not alter it...

  • 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

    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 beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be (g) holy. (g) That is, consecrate...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Certainly the doctrine of redemption by the LORD JESUS is all along veiled, under this doctrine of vows and dedications: so that in every gift an eye is supposed to be had to this. All things are the...

  • 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 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

    HE SHALL NOT ALTER IT NOR CHANGE IT,.... Some think these two words signify the same, but Abarbinel s makes them different; according to him, to "alter" is for one of another kind, as one of the herd...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. Ver. 10. _Then it and the e...

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

    _He shall not alter it, nor change it_ Two words expressing the same thing more emphatically; that is, he shall in no wise change it, neither for one of the same nor of another kind: partly because Go...

  • 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 MEN AND BEASTS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad or a bad for a good; for the vow, having once been made, could not be recalled; AND IF HE SHALL AT ALL CHANGE BEAST FOR BEAST, THEN IT AND THE EX...

  • 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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-13 Zeal for the service of God disposed the Israelites, on some occasions, to dedicate themselves or their children to the service of the Lord, in his house for life. Some persons who thus dedicate...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    HE SHALL NOT ALTER IT, NOR CHANGE IT; two words expressing the same thing more emphatically: q.d. He shall in no wise change it, neither for one of the same, nor of another kind. A GOOD FOR A BAD, OR...

  • 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 27:10 substitute H2498 (H8686) exchange H4171 (H8686) good H2896 bad H7451 bad H7451 good H2896 all

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • 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 Biblical Illustrator

    _When a man shall make a singular vow._ LAWS CONCERNING VOWS I. That voluntary and special vows were permitted by the Lord. Vows should be made cautiously, deliberately, and, in most instances, cond...

  • 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 27:9__ One of the vows a man can make is to donate a clean ANIMAL to the sanctuary. No substitution of the animal is permitted once the animal has been donated. A person ma...

  • 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

    James 1:8; Leviticus 27:15...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    He shall not alter it, nor change it — Two words expressing the same thing more emphatically, that is, he shall in no wise change it, neither for one of the same, nor of another kind: partly because G...

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