None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.
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Gill's Exposition
And all the tithe of the land,.... Of which there were various sorts, the first tithe, the tithe out of the tithe, the second tithe, and the poor's tithe, which are generally reduced to three,"The…
Adam Clarke
Which shall be devoted of men - Every man who is devoted shall surely be put to death; or, as some understand it, be the Lord's property, or be employed in his service, till death. The law mentioned…
Here is, I. A caution given that no man should make such a jest of sanctifying things to the Lord as to sanctify any firstling to him, for that was his already by the law, Lev 27:26. Though the matter…
Classes which may not be vowed
Firstlings are already the Lord's (Exo 13:2). If the firstling is, that of an animal which is reckoned among the -unclean" (according to the rule laid down, ch. Lev…