Leviticus 27:26 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

• Leviticus 27:26 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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 (n) LORD'S. (n) It was the Lord's already.

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• Leviticus 27:26 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  26f. For Firstlings. Firstlings of oxen and sheep and goats) belong to Yahweh in any case, and thus cannot be voluntarily offered or come under valuation ( cf. Deuteronomy 23:21-23 ). Animals tha...

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• Leviticus 27:26 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Only . nevertheless. Rendered in Leviticus 27:28 , "notwithstanding".

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• Leviticus 27:26 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  26. Only the firstling of the beasts. Here a caution is interposed, that none should offer what is already the property of God. For since men are so greatly given to ostentation, and therefo...

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• Leviticus 27:26 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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.

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• Leviticus 27:26 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Shall sanctify it— i.e. Consecrate, because God had already consecrated them. See Exodus 13:2 .

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• Leviticus 27:26 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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. Only the firstling. These, in the case of clean...

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• Leviticus 27:26 - 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 27:26 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Only the firstling of the beasts. — Better, nevertheless the firstlings, &c, as this rendering also suits Leviticus 27:28 , which begins with the same particle, and which is translated in th...

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• Leviticus 27:26 - 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 27:26 - 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 27:26 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  The same observations meet us here respecting the dedication of beasts and cattle. There is to be nothing blemished offered to the LORD. Malachi 1:13-14 .

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• Leviticus 27:26 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Only the firstlings of the beasts ,.... These are excepted from being sanctified, or set apart for sacred uses, for a very good reason, suggested in the next clause: which should be the Lord's fir...

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• Leviticus 27:26 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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. Ver. 26. No man shall sanctify. ] Because they w...

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• Leviticus 27:26 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  No man shall sanctify it By vow; because it is not his own, but the Lord's already, and therefore to vow such a thing to God is a tacit derogation from, and a usurpation of, the Lord's right, and a...

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• Leviticus 27:26 - 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 27:26 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the L ORD 's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the L ORD 's.   27 And if it be of an unclean be...

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• Leviticus 27:26 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No man shall sanctify it, to wit, by vow; because it is not his own, but the Lord's already, and therefore to vow such a thing to God is a tacit derogation from and a usurpation of the Lord's right...

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• Leviticus 27:26 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Firstlings ( Leviticus 27:26-27 ). Leviticus 27:26 “Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Yahweh, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox or sheep, it is Yahweh's.”...

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• Leviticus 27:26 - 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 27:26 - 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 27:26 - 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 27:26 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Of Houses, Fields, and Firstlings

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• Leviticus 27:26 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Deuteronomy 15:19 ; Exodus 13:12 ; Exodus 13:13 ; Exodus 13:2 ; Exodus 22:30 ; Numbers 18:17

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• Leviticus 27:26 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  No man shall sanctify it — By vow; because it is not his own, but the Lord's already, and therefore to vow such a thing to God is a tacit derogation from, and an usurpation of the Lord's right, and...

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