Leviticus 27:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Leviticus 27:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have (k) sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. (k) For their own necessity or godly uses.

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• Leviticus 27:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 so...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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.

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• Leviticus 27:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And if he will not redeem the field, &c.— Our version here is very ambiguous. Houbigant renders it more clearly after the Vulgate; but if he will not redeem the field, and it be sold to anothe...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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 shek...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - 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 s...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And if he will not redeem the field. — That is, if after all the advantages which the law affords to the vower to redeem his patrimonial inheritance before the jubile year, he is base enough to for...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CONCERNING VOWS Leviticus 27:1-34 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 unnat...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - 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...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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 possessi...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And if he will not redeem the field ,.... He that sanctified it, does not care to give for it the settled price of the fifth part besides, but chooses it should be disposed of for the uses he devote...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 20. Or if he have sold the field. ] And so, sacrilegiously robbed God.

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• Leviticus 27:20 - L. 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 requ...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Concerning Things Sanctified. B. C. 1490.       14 And when a man shall sanctify his house...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  If he will not redeem the field, to wit, when the priest shall set a price upon it, and offer it to him in the first place to redeem it. If he have sold; he , who? Either, 1. The man that vowe...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Price For The Redemption of a Field Of His Possession Dedicated To Yahweh ( Leviticus 27:16-21 ). A field of his possession refers to one the possession of which is given to him when the firs...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - 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 t...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - 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 pri...

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• Leviticus 27:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

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• Leviticus 27:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Of Houses, Fields, and Firstlings

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• Leviticus 27:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  If he will not redeem it — When the priest shall set a price upon it, and offer it to him in the first place to redeem it: or, rather and, for this seems to be added by way of accumulation, if he,...

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