“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘When a man consecrates a person to the LORD in a vow, according to your valuation,
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 2. Estimation. Hebrew is obscure. “Whoever has separated, or made a singular vow; the souls to the Lord according to thy estimation.” Calmet.—Septuagint “shall vow as it were the price of a soul to the Lord.” Bible.—The person or the beast shall belong to the Lord; but if it be redeemed, the priests shall fix a price, according to the following regulations. Whatever was vowed must be subject to these rules, or it shall remain for the service of the altar. The priests may sell it, if it be an impure animal. Those which are fit for sacrifice, were to be immolated, verse 9, and so forth No change of them was allowed, lest a worse should ever be substituted for a better; ( Calmet.) and because God is better pleased with things that are offered to him by vow. Worthington.