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Leviticus 27:34

These are the commandments that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai for the People of Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Sinai;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dedication;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Anathema;   Sacrifice;   Vow;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Sinai;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Touch;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pentateuch;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Numbers, the Book of;   Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronology of the New Testament;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Synagogue;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Horeb;   Sinai;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Leviticus;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commandment;   Inspiration;   Sidra;   Sinai, Mount;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
These are the mitzvot, which the LORD commanded Moshe for the children of Yisra'el in Mount Sinai.
King James Version
These are the commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Lexham English Bible
These are the commands that Yahweh commanded Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
New Century Version
These are the commands the Lord gave to Moses at Mount Sinai for the people of Israel.
New English Translation
These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses to tell the Israelites at Mount Sinai.
Amplified Bible
These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses on Mount Sinai for the children of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the sons of Israel on Mount Sinai.
Geneva Bible (1587)
These are the commaundements which the Lord commaunded by Moses vnto the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Legacy Standard Bible
These are the commandments which Yahweh commanded Moses for the sons of Israel at Mount Sinai.
Contemporary English Version
Moses was on Mount Sinai when the Lord gave him these laws for the people of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
These are the mitzvot which Adonai gave to Moshe for the people of Isra'el on Mount Sinai. Haftarah B'chukkotai: Yirmeyahu (Jeremiah) 16:19–17:14 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah B'chukkotai: Yochanan (John) 14:15–21; 15:10–12; 1 Yochanan (1 John) Hazak, hazak, v'nit'chazek! Be strong, be strong, and let us be strengthened!
Darby Translation
These are the commandments which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel upon mount Sinai.
Easy-to-Read Version
These are the commands that the Lord gave Moses at Mount Sinai for the Israelites.
English Standard Version
These are the commandments that the Lord commanded Moses for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai.
George Lamsa Translation
These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Good News Translation
These are the commands that the Lord gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the people of Israel.
Christian Standard Bible®
These are the commands the Lord gave Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
Literal Translation
These are the commands which Jehovah has commanded Moses for the sons of Israel, on Mount Sinai.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
These are the comaundementes, which ye LORDE gaue Moses in charge vnto childre of Israel vpon mount Sinai.
American Standard Version
These are the commandments, which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Bible in Basic English
These are the orders which the Lord gave to Moses for the children of Israel in Mount Sinai.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
These are the commaundementes whiche the Lorde commaunded by Moyses vnto the chyldren of Israel in mount Sinai.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
King James Version (1611)
These are the Commandements which the Lord commanded Moses, for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in mount Sina.
English Revised Version
These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Berean Standard Bible
These are the commandments that the LORD gave to Moses for the Israelites on Mount Sinai.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
These ben the comaundementis whiche the Lord comaundide to Moises, and to the sones of Israel, in the hil of Synay.
Young's Literal Translation
These [are] the commands which Jehovah hath commanded Moses for the sons of Israel, in mount Sinai.
Update Bible Version
These are the commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses for the sons of Israel in mount Sinai.
Webster's Bible Translation
These [are] the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
World English Bible
These are the commandments, which Yahweh commanded Moses for the children of Israel in Mount Sinai.
New King James Version
These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
New Living Translation
These are the commands that the Lord gave through Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.
New Life Bible
These are the Laws the Lord gave Moses on Mount Sinai for the sons of Israel.
New Revised Standard
These are the commandments that the Lord gave to Moses for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
These are the commandments which Yahweh commanded Moses for the sons of Israel, - in Mount Sinai.
Douay-Rheims Bible
These are the precepts which the Lord commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
Revised Standard Version
These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the people of Israel on Mount Sinai.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the sons of Israel at Mount Sinai.

Contextual Overview

26"No one is allowed to dedicate the firstborn of an animal; the firstborn, as firstborn, already belongs to God . No matter if it's cattle or sheep, it already belongs to God . If it's one of the ritually unclean animals, he can buy it back at its assessed value by adding twenty percent to it. If he doesn't redeem it, it is to be sold at its assessed value. 28 "But nothing that a man irrevocably devotes to God from what belongs to him, whether human or animal or family land, may be either sold or bought back. Everything devoted is holy to the highest degree; it's God 's inalienable property. 29 "No human who has been devoted to destruction can be redeemed. He must be put to death. 30"A tenth of the land's produce, whether grain from the ground or fruit from the trees, is God 's. It is holy to God . If a man buys back any of the tenth he has given, he must add twenty percent to it. A tenth of the entire herd and flock, every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd's rod, is holy to God . He is not permitted to pick out the good from the bad or make a substitution. If he dishonestly makes a substitution, both animals, the original and the substitute, become the possession of the Sanctuary and cannot be redeemed." 34 These are the commandments that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai for the People of Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

commandments: Leviticus 26:46, Deuteronomy 4:45, John 1:17

in mount: Numbers 1:1, Galatians 4:24, Galatians 4:25, Hebrews 12:18-25

Reciprocal: Exodus 3:12 - ye shall Numbers 3:1 - spake Numbers 36:13 - the commandments Deuteronomy 4:44 - General Deuteronomy 6:1 - the commandments Nehemiah 1:7 - the commandments Nehemiah 9:14 - commandedst

Cross-References

Genesis 27:24
When Isaac had become an old man and was nearly blind, he called his eldest son, Esau, and said, "My son." "Yes, Father?" "I'm an old man," he said; "I might die any day now. Do me a favor: Get your quiver of arrows and your bow and go out in the country and hunt me some game. Then fix me a hearty meal, the kind that you know I like, and bring it to me to eat so that I can give you my personal blessing before I die." Rebekah was eavesdropping as Isaac spoke to his son Esau. As soon as Esau had gone off to the country to hunt game for his father, Rebekah spoke to her son Jacob. "I just overheard your father talking with your brother, Esau. He said, ‘Bring me some game and fix me a hearty meal so that I can eat and bless you with God 's blessing before I die.' "Now, my son, listen to me. Do what I tell you. Go to the flock and get me two young goats. Pick the best; I'll prepare them into a hearty meal, the kind that your father loves. Then you'll take it to your father, he'll eat and bless you before he dies." "But Mother," Jacob said, "my brother Esau is a hairy man and I have smooth skin. What happens if my father touches me? He'll think I'm playing games with him. I'll bring down a curse on myself instead of a blessing." "If it comes to that," said his mother, "I'll take the curse on myself. Now, just do what I say. Go and get the goats." So he went and got them and brought them to his mother and she cooked a hearty meal, the kind his father loved so much. Rebekah took the dress-up clothes of her older son Esau and put them on her younger son Jacob. She took the goatskins and covered his hands and the smooth nape of his neck. Then she placed the hearty meal she had fixed and fresh bread she'd baked into the hands of her son Jacob. He went to his father and said, "My father!" "Yes?" he said. "Which son are you?" Jacob answered his father, "I'm your firstborn son Esau. I did what you told me. Come now; sit up and eat of my game so you can give me your personal blessing." Isaac said, "So soon? How did you get it so quickly?" "Because your God cleared the way for me." Isaac said, "Come close, son; let me touch you—are you really my son Esau?" So Jacob moved close to his father Isaac. Isaac felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice but the hands are the hands of Esau." He didn't recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's. But as he was about to bless him he pressed him, "You're sure? You are my son Esau?" "Yes. I am."
1 Samuel 30:4
David and his men burst out in loud wails—wept and wept until they were exhausted with weeping. David's two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken prisoner along with the rest. And suddenly David was in even worse trouble. There was talk among the men, bitter over the loss of their families, of stoning him. David strengthened himself with trust in his God . He ordered Abiathar the priest, son of Ahimelech, "Bring me the Ephod so I can consult God." Abiathar brought it to David. Then David prayed to God , "Shall I go after these raiders? Can I catch them?" The answer came, "Go after them! Yes, you'll catch them! Yes, you'll make the rescue!" David went, he and the six hundred men with him. They arrived at the Brook Besor, where some of them dropped out. David and four hundred men kept up the pursuit, but two hundred of them were too fatigued to cross the Brook Besor, and stayed there. Some who went on came across an Egyptian in a field and took him to David. They gave him bread and he ate. And he drank some water. They gave him a piece of fig cake and a couple of raisin muffins. Life began to revive in him. He hadn't eaten or drunk a thing for three days and nights! David said to him, "Who do you belong to? Where are you from?" "I'm an Egyptian slave of an Amalekite," he said. "My master walked off and left me when I got sick—that was three days ago. We had raided the Negev of the Kerethites, of Judah, and of Caleb. Ziklag we burned." David asked him, "Can you take us to the raiders?" "Promise me by God," he said, "that you won't kill me or turn me over to my old master, and I'll take you straight to the raiders." He led David to them. They were scattered all over the place, eating and drinking, gorging themselves on all the loot they had plundered from Philistia and Judah. David pounced. He fought them from before sunrise until evening of the next day. None got away except for four hundred of the younger men who escaped by riding off on camels. David rescued everything the Amalekites had taken. And he rescued his two wives! Nothing and no one was missing—young or old, son or daughter, plunder or whatever. David recovered the whole lot. He herded the sheep and cattle before them, and they all shouted, "David's plunder!" Then David came to the two hundred who had been too tired to continue with him and had dropped out at the Brook Besor. They came out to welcome David and his band. As he came near he called out, "Success!" But all the mean-spirited men who had marched with David, the rabble element, objected: "They didn't help in the rescue, they don't get any of the plunder we recovered. Each man can have his wife and children, but that's it. Take them and go!" "Families don't do this sort of thing! Oh no, my brothers!" said David as he broke up the argument. "You can't act this way with what God gave us! God kept us safe. He handed over the raiders who attacked us. Who would ever listen to this kind of talk? The share of the one who stays with the gear is the share of the one who fights—equal shares. Share and share alike!" From that day on, David made that the rule in Israel—and it still is. On returning to Ziklag, David sent portions of the plunder to the elders of Judah, his neighbors, with a note saying, "A gift from the plunder of God 's enemies!" He sent them to the elders in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, Jattir, Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa, Racal, Jerahmeelite cities, Kenite cities, Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athach, and Hebron, along with a number of other places David and his men went to from time to time.
Proverbs 19:3
People ruin their lives by their own stupidity, so why does God always get blamed?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses,.... Meaning either what are contained in this chapter, or rather in the whole book, which he delivered to Moses:

for the children of Israel; to be observed by them, priests and people: and these were given to him

in Mount Sinai; either when upon it, or rather when near it, in the wilderness of it, after the tabernacle was set up, and the Lord spake to him out of that; see Leviticus 1:1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Leviticus 27:34. These are the commandments — This conclusion is very similar to that at the end of the preceding chapter. I have already supposed that this chapter should have followed the Leviticus 25:0, and that the Leviticus 26:0 originally terminated the book.

Mr. Ainsworth, the whole of whose writings are animated with the spirit of piety, concludes this book with the following excellent remarks: -

"The tithes in Israel being thus sanctified by the commandment of God to his honour, the maintenance of his ministers, and the relief of the poor, it taught them and teaches us to honour the Lord with our substance, (Proverbs 3:9), acknowledging him to be the author of all our increase and store; (Deuteronomy 8:13-18; Hosea 2:8;) to honour his MINISTERS, and to communicate unto them in all good things, (1 Timothy 5:17-18; Galatians 6:6), that they who sow unto us spiritual things should reap our carnal things, (1 Corinthians 9:11), and to give ALMS of such things as we have, that all things may be clear unto us, (Luke 11:41,) yea, even to sell that we have, and give alms; to provide ourselves bags that wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not. Luke 12:33." They who forget their Maker, his ministers, and the poor, are never likely to hear that blessed word in the great day: "Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you; for I was hungry, and ye gave me meat; thirsty, and ye gave me drink; naked, and ye clothed me; sick and in prison, and ye came unto me."

READER, thou hast now gone through the whole of this most interesting book; a book whose subject is too little regarded by Christians in general. Here thou mayest discover the rigid requisitions of Divine justice, the sinfulness of sin, the exceeding breadth of the commandment, and the end of all human perfection. And now what thinkest thou of that word, "Whatsoever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law?" Romans 3:19. But who are under the law - the condemning power of the pure, rigid, moral law of God? Not the Jews only, but every soul of man: all to whom it is sent, and who acknowledge it as a Divine revelation, and have not been redeemed from the guilt of sin by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ; for "cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do them." By this law then is the knowledge, but not the cure, of sin. Here then what God saith unto thee: "If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what farther need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law; Hebrews 7:11-12. Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: We have such a high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man; Hebrews 8:1-2. For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins; Hebrews 10:4. But Christ being come a high priest of good things to come, - neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. And for this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament, that, by means of death, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. And without shedding of blood is no remission. So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many, and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time, without sin, unto salvation;" Hebrews 9:11-12; Hebrews 9:15; Hebrews 9:22; Hebrews 9:28. We see then that Christ was the END of the law for righteousness (for justification) to every one that believeth. "Unto him, therefore, who hath loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen." Revelation 1:5-6.

SECTIONS in the Book of Leviticus, carried on from Exodus, which ends with the TWENTY-THIRD.

The TWENTY-FOURTH, called ויקרא valyikra, begins Leviticus 1:6, and ends Leviticus 6:7.

The TWENTY-FIFTH, called צו tsav, begins Leviticus 6:8, and ends Leviticus 8:36.

The TWENTY-SIXTH, called שמיני shemini, begins Leviticus 9:1, and ends Leviticus 11:47.

The TWENTY-SEVENTH, called תזריע tazria, begins Leviticus 12:1, and ends Leviticus 13:59.

The TWENTY-EIGHTH, called מצרע metsora, begins Leviticus 14:1, and ends Leviticus 15:33.

The TWENTY-NINTH, called אחרי מות acharey moth, begins Leviticus 16:1, and ends Leviticus 18:30.

The THIRTIETH, called קדשים kedoshim, begins Leviticus 19:1, and ends Leviticus 20:27.

The THIRTY-FIRST, called אמר emor, begins Leviticus 21:1, and ends Leviticus 24:23.

The THIRTY-SECOND, called בהר סיני behar Sinai, begins Leviticus 25:1, and ends Leviticus 26:2.

The THIRTY-THIRD, called בחקתי bechukkothai, begins Leviticus 26:3, and ends Leviticus 27:34.

These sections, as was observed on Exodus, have their technical names from some remarkable word, either in the first or second verse of their commencement.

MASORETIC Notes on LEVITICUS

The number of verses in vaiyikra, i. e., Leviticus, is 859. The symbol of which is 'נטף'. where ף pe final stands for 800, נ nun for 50, and ט teth for 9.

The middle verse is Leviticus 15:11: And he that toucheth the flesh, c.

Its pareshioth, or larger sections, are 10, the memorial symbol of which is taken from Genesis 30:11: בא גד ba gad, a troop cometh: in which ב beth stands for 2, א aleph for 1, ג gimel for 3, and ד daleth for 4.

Its sedarim, or Masoretic sections, are 23. The symbol of which is taken from Psalms 1:2, יהגה yehgeh: In thy law shall he MEDITATE day and night.

Its perakim, or modern chapters, are 27. The memorial sign which is ואהיה veeyeheh, Genesis 26:3: AND I WILL BE with thee, and will bless thee.

The number of its open divisions is 52 of its close divisions, 46: total 98. The memorial sign of which is צח tsach, Cant. Leviticus 5:10; My beloved is WHITE and ruddy. In this word צ tsaddi stands for 90, and ח cheth for 8.

VERSES 859. WORDS 11,902. LETTERS computed to be 44,989.

See the concluding note on GENESIS.

Finished the correction of Exodus and Leviticus, April 2, 1827. - A. CLARKE.


 
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