Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 27:5
And if [it be] from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Verse 5. From five years old] The boy that was vowed might be redeemed for twenty shekels, 3. sterling; the girl, for ten shekels, just one half, 1. 10s.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
From five years old, at what age they might be vowed by their parents, as appears from 1Sa 1. though not by themselves; and the children were obliged by their parents vow, which is not strange, considering the parents power and right to dispose of their children so far as is not contrary to the mind of God.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And if [it be] from five years old, even unto to twenty years old,…. Not that one of five years old is supposed to vow or to make an estimation, but one grown up, that says, the estimation of this little one, who is five years of age, be upon me; and such an one was bound to pay the value of him, which is as follows:
then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels; which were for the one above two pounds, and for the other more than one pound; these were valued at a less price than the former, partly because, generally speaking, there are more die between the age of five and the age of twenty years than between twenty and sixty; and partly because within that time they are not capable of so much work and service as in the latter; and it may be observed, that the females of this age are not valued in proportion to the females of the other; the estimation of these being just half that of the males, whereas that of the other is more than half; the reason is, that women above twenty years of age, their service bears, a better proportion to that of men, than that of young women to young men under twenty.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(5) If it be from five years old, even unto twenty years.From the fact that a child of five years is here mentioned it is evident that the vows hero spoken of are not simply those which a man makes with regard to his own person, but which he also makes about others, since a vow involving the payment of a considerable sum of money on the part of a child was of no force. The case, therefore, here contemplated is of a father or mother vowing the male child unto the Lord or of any other person taking upon himself to pay the value of such and such a child to the sanctuary, This is still more manifest from the following verse.
The male twenty shekels.As the services of a boy at the age here specified are of much less value, the parent, or anyone else, who vows him to the sanctuary is to pay 2 11s. 8d.
The female ten shekels.For the girl, whose value is proportionately less, the vower is to pay 1 5s. 10d.; being the same value put on an old woman. (See Lev. 27:7.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Samuel was dedicated even before his birth; and Jeremiah was sanctified from the womb. 1Sa_1:11; 1Sa_1:27-28 ; Jer 1:5 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 27:5 And if [it be] from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
Ver. 5. From five years old. ] Childhood and youth is vanity. There is a bundle of folly in a child’s heart. Pro 22:15 The same Greek word , signifieth a fool, and a child. And the Hebrew word used to signify youth, Ecc 11:10 signifieth blackness or darkness, to note, that youth is a dark and dangerous age. Few Macariuses to be found, who, for his gravity in youth, was surnamed , the old young man. a
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Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
twenty shekels: i.e. 3, sterling
ten shekels: i.e. 1, 10s. sterling Lev 27:5