But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation.
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Gill's Exposition
And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord,.... Shall set it apart for sacred service, devote it to holy uses, so that it may be sold, and the money laid out in sacrifices, the…
Adam Clarke
Shall add a fifth part - This was probably intended to prevent rash vows and covetous redemptions. The priest alone was to value the thing; and to whatever his valuation was, a fifth part must be…
This is part of the law concerning singular vows, extraordinary ones, which though God did not expressly insist on, yet, if they were consistent with and conformable to the general precepts, he would…
Cambridge Bible
thy estimation Cp. Lev 27:27, etc. The pronoun constitutes a difficulty, as in Lev 27:27. There Moses, who seems to be referred to, is himself speaking to the people. Here the reference is apparently…
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