The relative values of the persons appear to be regulated according to an estimate of the probable value of their future work:<\/P>
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| Ages<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD> | Male<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD> | Female<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR> From a month to five years of age<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> 5 shekels<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> 3 shekels<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR> From five years to twenty of age<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> 20 shekels<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> 10 shekels<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR> From forty years to sixty of age<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> 50 shekels<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> 30 shekels<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR> Sixty years of age and older:<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> 15 shekels<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> 10 shekels<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P> <\/TD> <\/TR> <\/TABLE> As regards the shekel of the sanctuary, see Exo 38:24<\/span> note.<\/P> <\/p>\n Verse 4<\/span>. And if it<\/B><\/I> be <\/B>a female<\/B><\/I>] The woman<\/I>, at the same age, vowed unto the Lord, might be redeemed for thirty shekels<\/I>, 4<\/I>. 10s<\/I>. sterling, a little more than one half of the value of the man; for this obvious reason, that a woman<\/I>, if employed, could not be of so much use in the service of the sanctuary as the man<\/I>, and was therefore of much less value.<\/P> <\/p>\n Less than the mans price, because she is inferior to him both in strength and serviceableness. <\/P> <\/p>\n And if it [be] a female<\/strong>,…. That is, of the same age, full twenty years of age, and not more than sixty:<\/p>\n then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels<\/strong>; about three pounds ten shillings of our money, the price of a servant, Ex 21:32<\/span>; the reason of this difference of estimation between a man and a woman is, because the woman is the weaker vessel, and her labour and service of less importance and worth, such as spinning, washing, &c.<\/p>\n (4) And if it be a female . . . thirty shekels.<\/strong>As the woman is the weaker vessel, and her labour is of less value, if she vows herself or dedicates by a vow any other one of her own sex to the sanctuary, she is to pay thirty shekels, or 3 17s. 6d., provided she is within the above-named limits of age. This was the value of a slave (Exo. 21:32<\/span>), and is the price at which Christ was sold (Mat. 27:9<\/span>). It is supposed that under this provision Jephtha might have redeemed his daughter whom he unwittingly vowed to the Lord (Jdg. 11:30<\/span>). (See, however, Lev. 27:29<\/span>.)<\/p>\n Lev 27:4 And if it [be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels.<\/p>\n Ver. 4. And if it be a female.<\/strong> ] She is set at a lower valuation then the male, because less able for any laborious or rational employment.<\/p>\n it = that soul. Compare note on Lev 27:2. <\/p>\n thirty shekels: i.e., 4. 10s. sterling, A little more than one-half the value of a man; for this obvious reason, that a woman, if employed, would not be of so much use in the sanctuary as the man. Zec 11:12, Zec 11:13, Mat 26:15, Mat 27:9, Mat 27:10 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jdg 11:39 – did with<\/p>\n And if it [be] a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. The relative values of the persons appear to be regulated according to an estimate of the probable value of their future work: Ages Male Female From a month to five years of age 5 shekels 3 shekels From five years to twenty … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 27:4”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |