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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible"
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# Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

*Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset and David Brown*

The Victorian standard commentary, critical and practical, from Genesis to Revelation.

## 44. Leviticus · 9 of 9

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[¶0] 14-15. when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, &c.--In this case, the house having been valued by the priest and sold, the proceeds of the sale were to be dedicated to the sanctuary. But if the owner wished, on second thought, to redeem it, he might have it by adding a fifth part to the price.

[¶1] 16-24. if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some aprt of a field of his possession, &c.--In the case of acquired property in land, if not redeemed, it returned to the donor at the Jubilee; whereas the part of a hereditary estate, which had been vowed, did not revert to the owner, but remained attached in perpetuity to the sanctuary. The reason for this remarkable difference was to lay every man under an obligation to redeem the property, or stimulate his nearest kinsman to do it, in order to prevent a patrimonial inheritance going out from any family in Israel.

[¶2] 26-27. Only the firstling of the beasts--These, in the case of clean beasts, being consecrated to God by a universal and standing law ([Ex 13:12]; ), could not be devoted; and in that of unclean beasts, were subject to the rule mentioned ([Le 27:11], ).

[¶3] 28-29. no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, ... shall be sold or redeemed--This relates to vows of the most solemn kind--the devotee accompanying his vow with a solemn imprecation on himself not to fail in accomplishing his declared purpose.

[¶4] 30-33. all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land--This law gave the sanction of divine authority to an ancient usage ([Ge 14:20]; ). The whole produce of the land was subjected to the tithe tribute--it was a yearly rent which the Israelites, as tenants, paid to God, the owner of the land, and a thank offering they rendered to Him for the bounties of His providence. (See [Pr 3:9]; [1Co 9:11]; [Ga 6:6]).

[¶5] 34. These are the commandments, &c.--The laws contained in this book, for the most part ceremonial, had an important spiritual bearing, the study of which is highly instructive ([Ro 10:4]; [He 4:2]; ). They imposed a burdensome yoke ([Ac 15:10]), but yet in the infantine age of the Church formed the necessary discipline of "a schoolmaster to Christ" [Ga 3:24].