“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation.”
Which art the Priest. As of his son or his daughter.
“And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary.”
Read the value of the Shekel, Exod. 30:13 .
“And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver.”
He speaketh of those vows whereby the fathers dedicated their children to God which were not of such force; but they might be redeemed from them.
“But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.”
If he be not able to pay after thy valuation.
“He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.”
That is, consecrated to the Lord.
“And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. an: or, the land of an homer, etc”
Homer is a measure containing ten Ephahs, read of Ephah, Exod. 16:16 , 36 . Valuing the price thereof according to the seed that is sown, or by the seed that it doth yield.
“And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.”
For their own necessity or godly uses.
“But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.”
That is, which dedicate to the Lord with a curse to him that doth turn it to his private use, Num. 21:2 ; Deut. 13:15 ; Josh. 9:17 .
“Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD.”
Cross references: : Lev. 27:11 The Priest’s valuation.
“And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.”
Exod. 30:13 ; Num. 3:47 ; Ezek. 45:12
“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. firstling of: Heb. firstborn, etc”
It was the Lord’s already. Exod. 13:2 ; Exod. 22:19 ; Num. 3:23
“None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.”
It shall remain without redemption.
“And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof.”
Besides the value of the thing itself.
“And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD.”
All that which is numbered: that is, every tenth as he falleth by tally without exception or respect.