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LEVITICUS
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.
3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.
4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.
5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.
7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
9 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.
10 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.
11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be.
13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
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 estimate it, so shall it stand.
15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his.
16 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 of silver.
17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand.
18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation.
19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him.
20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
22 And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession;
23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.
24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
This seems to be a very peculiar writing of law when we first see it. How does a person "vow" another person?
This "singular vow" in verse 2 is a way of thanking God for His grace. For instance, Hannah,
However, in THIS law of Leviticus 27, God arranged for "redemption" of that which was vowed. And God
Why would God arrange this? Because God already had set aside Aaron's family as priests, and the tribe
Let's take a hypothetical example. Suppose a man had a friend who was unsaved. And he prayed that God
A man could sanctify his house (verses 14-15) or his field (verses 16-23), asking God to bless them.
Let me point out that that is NOT purchasing grace! The request is made, and a vow to pay
Have you ever received special grace? Did you give God a special offering?
26 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.
27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.
The first born of clean beasts were the Lord's by law already. That was part of man's TITHE.
28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD.
29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
"Devoted" things cannot be redeemed. If someone devoted something or someone to God, it was forever
30 And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD.
31 And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.
If a man did not "tithe" his flock or crops, he could "redeem" them by paying the price for
32 And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.
33 He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
Each year, one-tenth of all was to be given to God; no exceptions.
34 These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
This is a conclusive statement concerning all the laws given thus far. With this statement
Just as parents love children and don't want to see them suffer because of wrongdoing, God
Please continue to follow along in Bible study with us.
CHAPTER 27
Or, for that matter, how can a person "vow" his cattle, house or field?
in 1Samuel 1, asked to have a son. And she promised to devote that son to God. When Samuel was
born, and weaned, she took him to the priest Eli, and left him to be raised. Thus, she devoted
her gift from God back to God.
is the One Who sets the price. If a man vowed a child to be devoted to God, then he wanted to
"redeem" the child, he would pay the price God set.
of Levi as servants in the temple. God had NO NEED of others, but He realized some would have need of HIM.
When we pray for something special, and God is gracious to grant our request, it is good to offer Him
a special offering. God SET that offering to be the "redemption" of the person or thing vowed.
would save the friend. Then God worked circumstances so that the friend was indeed saved. Then it is
appropriate for the one who asked to now offer God a special offering for His grace.
And he could offer God a special offering for His grace.
upon answer from God.
See Exodus 13:2, 12; Exodus 22:30.
and could not be changed. For instance, a Nazarite devoted from birth - such as Samson.
Look at Joshua 6:17 where "accursed" would be read "devoted"; the whole city of Jericho was devoted
to God - and thus destroyed. (Except for Rahab and family.)
them PLUS one-fifth. Friends, it COSTS when you don't tithe!
the book of Leviticus ends.
God Himself has commanded.
Moses His faithful witness has recorded and passed on the laws.
Now it is up to the Israelites as to whether they will be obedient.
loves His people and wants them to have the best. However, as our Parent, God sets rules and
regulations by which we should abide. These are for our GOOD!