“However, anything specially set apart for the Lord—whether a person, an animal, or family property—must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the Lord.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Devoted thing - The primary meaning of the Hebrew word חרם chērem is something cut off, or shut up. Its specific meaning i…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Notwithstanding no devoted thing. — Better, Nevertheless, no banned thing . That is, unlike those things consecr…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man shall devote
unto the Lord
This is a dif…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Things or persons devoted are distinguished from things or persons that were only sanctified. Devoted things were most holy to the Lord, and could …