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No one devoted, who shall be devoted from among men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
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A Judicial Act, Not a Personal Vow
Commentators strongly emphasize that this verse is not about a private individual making a personal vow to kill someone. Instead, it refers to a formal, judicial act. Scholars like Ellicott and Gill explain this as a sentence of capital punishment carried out by the community or its judges against notorious wrongdoers or enemies under a divine ban.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
None devoted, who shall be devoted from among men. —Better, Every one banned, who shall be banned from among me…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed This is said, not of s…
Presbyterian
Things or persons devoted are distinguished from things or persons that were only sanctified. Devoted things were most holy to the Lord, and could …
