Leviticus 27:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. ”

• Leviticus 27:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  On the shekel and the gerah, see Exodus 30:13 , note; Exodus 38:24 , note.

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• Leviticus 27:25 - 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 27:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. Shekel of the sanctuary - A standard shekel; the standard being kept in the sanctuary to...

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• Leviticus 27:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And all thy estimations, &c.— I find the following note on this verse in Dr. Church's Bible, in which he follows the opinion of Bishop Wilkins. "So great care was taken among the Jews for the p...

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• Leviticus 27:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. No JFB commentary on this verse.

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• Leviticus 27:25 - 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 27:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  According to the shekel of the sanctuary. — As the proceeds of these vows were devoted to the maintenance and repair of the sanctuary, all the valuations are to be made and paid according to the st...

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• Leviticus 27:25 - 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 27:25 - 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 27:25 - 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 27:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And all thy estimation shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary ,.... The shekel kept in the sanctuary, which was the standard of all shekels; not that there was a shekel in the sanctuary d...

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• Leviticus 27:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The shekel of the sanctuary About 2 Samuel 6 d.

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• Leviticus 27:25 - 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 27:25 - 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 27:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Leviticus 27:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  The Redemption Price Of Other Fields ( Leviticus 27:22-25 ). Leviticus 27:22-24 “And if he sanctify to Yahweh a field which he has bought, which is not of the field of his possession, then the...

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• Leviticus 27:25 - 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 27:25 - 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 27:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

  According to the shekel of the sanctuary. Sanctuary measure demanded in small things The law of the sanctuary is to regulate all. Full weight is sought for, but neither superfluity nor abatemen...

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• Leviticus 27:25 - 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 27:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Of Houses, Fields, and Firstlings

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• Leviticus 27:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Exodus 30:13 ; Ezekiel 45:12 ; Leviticus 27:3 ; Numbers 18:16 ; Numbers 3:47

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• Leviticus 27:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  The shekel — About 2s. 6d.

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