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Leviticus 27:9

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If he vows an animal that may be brought as an offering to the LORD, any such animal given to the LORD shall be holy.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And if it be a beast, whereof men offer an oblation unto Jehovah, all that any man giveth of such unto Jehovah shall be holy.

KJV

And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy.

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This verse in Leviticus 27

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This teaches caution in making vows and constancy in keeping them when they are made; for it is a snare to a man to devour that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry, Prov. xx.

This site's exposition

whereof men bring an offering

on Leviticus 27:9-13

A clean beast once vowed is holy and stays that animal, and swapping it for another makes both of them holy, so the attempt to trade doubles the gift. An unclean beast is brought to the priest, who sets its worth, and an owner who wants it back pays that worth plus a fifth. The added fifth falls five times in this chapter, at verses 13, 15, 19, 27 and 31, and it is the same surcharge Leviticus 5:16 and 6:5 lay on a man making restitution for a trespass. Taking back what was given to God is priced the way damage is priced.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

Whereof men bring an offering - That is, a clean beast. Giveth - Voweth to give: Shall be holy - Consecrated to God, either to be sacrificed, or to be given to the priest, according to the manner of the vow, and the intention of him that voweth.
And if it be a beast whereof men bring an offering to the Lord,.... That is, it such a creature is devoted, which is of that kind which are used in sacrifice to the Lord, such as bullocks, sheep, goats, rams, and lambs: all that any man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy; shall be set apart to sacred uses, and not applied to profane or common uses, but either were for the use of the altar or of the priests; or the price of them for the repair of the sanctuary, according as they were devoted.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord--a clean beast. After it had been vowed, it could neither be employed in common purposes nor exchanged for an equivalent--it must be sacrificed--or if, through some discovered blemish, it was unsuitable for the altar, it might be sold, and the money applied for the sacred service.

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The words behind it

14 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאִם־and if

    veim-H518 →1069 times

  • בְּהֵמָ֔הan animal

    behemahH929 →190 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יַקְרִ֧יבוּpeople will present

    yakrivuH7126 →280 times

  • מִמֶּ֛נָּהfrom it

    mimenahH4480 →1188 times

  • קָרְבָּ֖ןa present

    korbanH7133 →82 times

  • לַֽיהוָ֑הto Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • כֹּל֩all

    kolH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨רthat

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יִתֵּ֥ןsomeone will give

    yitenH5414 →2011 times

  • מִמֶּ֛נּוּfrom it

    mimenuH4480 →1188 times

  • לַיהוָ֖הto Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • יִֽהְיֶה־it will be

    yihyeh-H1961 →3559 times

  • קֹּֽדֶשׁ׃a holy thing

    kodeshH6944 →469 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

About Leviticus

Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Leviticus: the study guide →Read Leviticus 27 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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