f Art whatage they mighr be vowed by their parents, as appears from 1 Sam. 1. tho' not by themſelves; and the children were ob- liged by their parents vow, which i: nor Orange conſidering the parents power and right to Ciſpoſe of their children ſo far as is not contrary to the mind of God.
6 And ifit be froma month old, even unto five years old, then thy eſtimation (hal be of the male five ſhekels of ſilver, and for the female thy cſtimatien ſpa/ be three (hekels of ſilver, | |
YF' 2 And
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' not offer a ſacrifice unto the LORD, then he ſhal pre-
& FHeb. ac- bad: + as thou valueſt it, 2vbo art the prieſt,ſo ſhal ic be. ' "Yording to zhy eftima-
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J if ir be from:ſixty years old, and above,if it be | A A then thy eſtimation ſhal be fifteen ſhekels, and
the female ten ſhekels. = Bur if he be poorer than thy eſtimation g, then he
tal preſent himſelf before the prieſt, and the prieſt ſhal wr 1. him :; according to his ability 6 that vowed, ſhal
e prieſt value him. _ if after his vow he be decayed and impoveriſhed, and not able ro pay the price which thou, according to the rules here given, re- quireſt of him. þ Which God alſs conſidered in other caſes, as Levit. 12. $8. Compare 2 Cor. 8. 12. oY” 9 And if it be a beaſt whereof men bring # an offer-
ing unto the LORD, all that a» m4 giveth & of ſuch unto the LORD, ſhal be holy 7.
'; To wit, uſually and according to Gods appointment. & (7. e. ) Voweth to give. {/ (7. e. ) Conſecrated ro God, either to be ſacri- ficed, or to be given to the Prieſt according to the manner of the vow, and the intcntion of him that voweth,
1o He hal not alter it, nor change it »», a good for a bad,or 2 bad for a good »: and if he ſhal at allchange beaſt for beaſt, then it, and the exchange thereof »
ſha! be holy. ; :
» Two words expreſling the ſame thing more emphatically, 9. 4. He ſhall in no wiſe change it, neither for one of the ſame, nor of another kind. n Partly becauſe God would preſerve the ſanCtity ind reverence of conſecrated things, and therefore would not have them alienated, and partly to prevent abuſes of them who on this pretence might exchange it for the worſe, as reſerving the judgment To himſelf, © (7.2. ) Both the thing firſt vowed, and thing offered or given in exchange. * This was inflifted upon him as a juſt pe- nalry for his raſhnels and levity in ſuch weighty matters.
ix And if it be any unclean p beaſt of which they do
ſent the beaſt before the prieſt :
þ Either for the kind, or for the quality of it, if it were ſuch an one as might not be offered. The Dog only may ſeem to be cx- cepted, for his price might not be offered. See Det. 23. 18.
12 And the prieft ſhal value it, whether it be good or
I3 But if he will at all redeem it, then he ſhal add a fifth part thereof unto thy eſtimarion. 14 4nd when a man ſhal ſanctifie q his bouſe 7 be holy unto the LORD r, then the prieſt ſhal eſtimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the prieſt ſhal eſtimate
it, ſo thal it ſtand -.
qTo wit, by a vow, for of that way and manner of ſanQtifica- tion he ſpeaks in this whole chapter. r In which caſe the benefit of it redounded either to the Prieſts for their maintainance, Num. 18. 14+ or to the ſanQuary for its reparations or expenſes. 5 Sup- poſing that the Prieſts eſtimation doth not notoriouſly ſwerve from the rules of valuation -preſcribed by God. For if the Prieſt deter- mined moſt unrighteouſly and unreaſonably, as ſuppoſe an hundred times more than the true value of it, I preſume no man is ſo void of ſenſe as to ſay they were all boundto ſtand to the Prieſts deter- mination in that caſe. Even as in caſe a mans leprofie was notori- ous and unqueltionable, if a Prieſt ſhould through partiality pro- nounce him clean, this did notmake him clean. And therefore all thoſe paſſages of Scripture which leave things to, and command men to acquieſce in, the determination of the Prieſt or Prieſts, are to be underſtood with this exception, that their determinations be not evidently contrary to the revealed will of God,to whom Prieſts are ſubje& and accountable. Otherwiſe if the Prieſts had com- manded men to profane the ſabbath, this would have acquitted them from rhe ovligation of God's command of keeping it holy, which is impious and abſurd to affirm. And this conſideration will give light to many Scriptures. : ;
15 Andifhe that ſandtihed it, will redeem his houſe, then he ſhal add the fifth part t of the money of thy eſti-
mation unto it, and it ſhal be his. £ Which he might the better do, becauſe the Prieſts did uſually put a moderate rate upon it. | 16 Andif a man ſhal ſancifie unto the LORD ſeme part of a field of his poſſeflion #, then thy eſtimation shal be according to theſeed thereof x: ||an homer of barley ſeed ſhall be walued at fifry shekels of filver y.
« (:.e.) Which is his by inheritance, becauſe particular dire&i- on is given abour purchaſed lands, ver: 22. And he faith pare of z#, becauſeit was unlawful to vow away all his poſſeſſions, becauſe thereby he had diſenabled himſelf f: om the performance of divers duties by way of ſacrifice, almfgiving, &c. and made himſelf bur- denſome to his brethren. x (7. e. ) According to the quantity and quality of the land, which is known by the quantity of ſeed which It can receive and return, y Not tobe paid yearly, till the year of Jubile, as ſome would have it, but once for all, as is moſt proba- ble, 1. Becauſe here-is no mention of any yearly payment, only of one payment, and we muſt not add to the Text. 2. Be- cauſe it is moſt probable that lands and all things were favourably and moderately valued, ſo that men might be rather encouraged to make ſuch vows upon juſt occaſions, than tobe deterred fromthem by exceffive impoſitions. Bur if this were yearly rent, it was an exceſſive rate, and much more than the land ordinarily yielded. For an Omer 1s bur the tenth part of an Ephah, Exod. 16. 36.and there- fore not above a pottle of our meaſure, which quantity of ſeed would not extend very far, and in ſome lands would yield bur an inconiiderable crop eſpecially in barley, which was cheaper than wheat, and which for that reafon, among others, may ſeem to be here mentioned rather than wheat.
17 If he ſandtific his field from the year of Jubile x,
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