3 Mose 27:2

Lutherbibel

Rede mit den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Wenn jemand ein besonderes Gelübde tut, also daß du seinen Leib schätzen mußt,

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Rede mit den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Wenn jemand dem Herrn ein besonderes Gelübde tut, wenn er nach deiner Schätzung Seelen gelobt,

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Rede zu den Kindern Israel und sprich zu ihnen: Wenn jemand ein Gel�bde erf�llt, so sollen die Seelen nach deiner Sch�tzung f�r Jehova sein.

Bible Verse Review
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When: Genesis 28:20-22, Numbers 6:2, Numbers 21:2, Deuteronomy 23:21-23, Judges 11:30, Judges 11:31, Judges 11:39, 1 Samuel 1:11, 1 Samuel 1:28

a singular vow: A vow is a religious promise made to God, for the most part with prayer, and paid with thanksgiving. Vows were either of abstinence - Num. 6 and chapter 30 or the devoting of something to the Lord, as sacrifices - Leviticus 7:16, or the value of persons, beasts, houses, or lands, concerning which the law is here given. A man might vow or devote himself, his children, his domestics, his cattle, his goods, etc.; and respecting the redemption of all these, rules are laid down in this chapter. But if, after consecrating these things, he refused to redeem them, they then became the Lord's property forever. The persons continued all their lives devoted to the sanctuary, the goods were sold for the profit of the temple, or the priests; and the animals, if clean, were offered in sacrifice; and if not proper for sacrifice, were sold, and the proceeds devoted to sacred uses. This is a general view of the different laws relative to vows, mentioned in this chapter. Ecclesiastes 5:4, Ecclesiastes 5:5

Reciprocal: Leviticus 5:4 - to do evil Numbers 15:3 - performing Numbers 18:16 - according Numbers 30:2 - vow a vow 2 Kings 12:4 - that every man is set at Nehemiah 7:46 - Nethinims Psalms 50:14 - pay Malachi 3:8 - In Matthew 27:9 - thirty

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,.... This being an affair which only concerned them; for the Jewish writers say h, by this phrase, the children of Israel, Gentiles are excluded:

when a man shall make a singular vow; an unusual, an uncommon one, a very distinguished one, and even what is wonderful, as the word signifies; as when a man, through uncommon zeal for God and his service, devotes himself, or his children, or his cattle, or his houses or fields, to the Lord: the word "man", the Jewish writers say i, includes every male, and even a Gentile; yea, it is said all estimate and are estimated, vow and are vowed, priests, and Levites, and Israelites, women and servants k: the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation: as when a man devoted himself or any that belonged to him to the service of the sanctuary, out of his great zeal for it, as to assist the priests and Levites in the meaner sort of work, as to carry wood and draw water, and sweep the tabernacle, and the like; they were not allowed to do these things, partly because it was not the will of God that any or every Israelite should be employed in such menial service, and partly because there were men appointed for such work, as well as to prevent too great a number of persons in the sanctuary, which would be troublesome, and only stand in one another's way; wherefore, on every devoted person to such service a value or price was set, according to the rules after given, which were to be paid in to the priests for the service of the sanctuary, the repair of the house, c. see 2 Kings 12:4 the word may be rendered, agreeably to the accents, "according to thy estimation of souls (or persons) the vow shall be to the Lord" l; that is, the price of the person devoted, according to the estimation of the priest, or as settled by the Lord in some following verses, shall be given to him: the word "souls" being used, the Jewish doctors understand it of estimation or value of that on which the soul or life depends; thus, for instance, if a man says, the value of my hand or of my feet be upon me, he says nothing; but if he says, the value of my head or of my liver be upon me, he gives the whole value, i.e. of himself; if he says, the half of my value be upon me, he gives the half of it; but if he says, the value of half of me, he gives the whole value: this is the general rule, that on which the soul or life depends pays the whole value m; for a man cannot live without his head, or without his liver, or when half of himself is taken away.

h Maimon. Bartenora in Misn. Eracin, c. 1. sect. 2. i Ibid. k Misn. Eracin, sect. 1. l בערכך נפשת ליהוה "pro tua aestimatione animarum, votum erit" Domino, Reinbeck de Accent. Heb. p. 320 m Misn. Eracin, c. 5. sect. 2, 3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Rather, When a man makes a special vow which concerns thy valuation of persons to Yahweh, if thy estimation shall be of the male, etc. The expression “thy estimation” is addressed either to Moses or to the priest Leviticus 27:12 : it denoted a legal valuation. The vow of a person was perhaps most frequently made in cases of illness or danger, under the impulse of religions feeling, either in the way of thankfulness for blessings received, or of supplication for something desired. A man might dedicate himself, his wife, his child, or his bondservant. This might have been an old custom; but the Law ordained that he who had taken such a vow should pay a sum of money to the sanctuary, determined according to the age and sex of the person.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 27:2. When a man shall make a singular vow — The verse is short and obscure, and may be translated thus: A man who shall have separated a vow, according to thy estimation, of souls unto the Lord; which may be paraphrased thus: He who shall have vowed or consecrated a soul, i. e., a living creature, whether man or beast, if he wish to redeem what he has thus vowed or consecrated, he shall ransom or redeem it according to the priest's estimation; for the priest shall judge of the properties, qualifications, and age of the person or beast, and the circumstances of the person who has vowed it, and shall regulate the value accordingly; and the money shall be put into his hands for the service of the sanctuary. A vow (says Mr. Ainsworth) is a religious promise made unto the Lord, and for the most part with prayer, and paid with thanksgiving, Numbers 21:2-3; Psalms 66:12; Psalms 66:14. Vows were either of abstinence, such as are spoken of Numbers 30:1-2, and the vow of the Nazarite, Numbers 6:1-21; or they were to give something to the Lord, as sacrifices, Leviticus 7:16, or the value of persons, beasts, houses, or lands, concerning which the law is here given. A man might vow or devote himself, his children, (Leviticus 27:5-6), his domestics, his cattle, his goods, c. And in this chapter rules are laid down for the redemption of all these things. But if, after consecrating these things, he refused to redeem them, then they became the Lord's property for ever. The persons continued all their lives devoted to the service of the sanctuary the goods were sold for the profit of the temple or the priests; the animals, if clean, were offered in sacrifice; if not proper for sacrifice, were sold, and the price devoted to sacred uses. This is a general view of the different laws relative to vows, mentioned in this chapter.