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Post by alon on May 12, 2020 14:20:06 GMT -8
Name of Par’shah- 33.3 Bechukotai, By My Regulations
Par’shah- Lev 26:3–27:34
D’rash: Lev 26 is the terms and conditions of the covenant: the rewards for obedience and for repentance, and the penalties and punishments for disobedience.
Leviticus 27:2-8 (ESV) “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the Lord involving the valuation of persons, then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels[d] of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels. If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels. If the person is from a month old up to five years old, the valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female the valuation shall be three shekels of silver. And if the person is sixty years old or over, then the valuation for a male shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels. And if someone is too poor to pay the valuation, then he shall be made to stand before the priest, and the priest shall value him; the priest shall value him according to what the vower can afford. Valuation of people. This becomes important when redeeming them, say in the case of the firstborn. Since before our conversion we probably did not do this for our own children, or for ourselves, the valuation of what is owed is based on their/our current value. Also for legal matters, such as restitution.
Leviticus 27:9- (ESV) “If the vow is an animal that may be offered as an offering to the Lord, all of it that he gives to the Lord is holy. He shall not exchange it or make a substitute for it, good for bad, or bad for good; and if he does in fact substitute one animal for another, then both it and the substitute shall be holy. And if it is any unclean animal that may not be offered as an offering to the Lord, then he shall stand the animal before the priest, and the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall be. But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation. Don’t try to renege or cheat God with what is owed Him.
Laws About Vows
Leviticus 27:14-15 (ESV) “When a man dedicates his house as a holy gift to the Lord, the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. And if the donor wishes to redeem his house, he shall add a fifth to the valuation price, and it shall be his. We may give property to the synagogue, so this could apply.
Leviticus 27:16 (ESV) “If a man dedicates to the Lord part of the land that is his possession, then the valuation shall be in proportion to its seed. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. We may donate land, and its valuation is based on its yield. However not all land is farmland, and the most common current standard for valuing those is based on the highest use- i.e. land downtown zoned for business is worth more than land in the poorest part of town zoned residential only. That valuation would be its “yield.”
Leviticus 27: (ESV) “But a firstborn of animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord's. And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back at the valuation, and add a fifth to it; or, if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at the valuation. We are to redeem a firstborn animal, or sell it and donate the money to God.
Leviticus 27:28-29 (ESV) “But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. No one devoted, who is to be devoted for destruction from mankind, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death. All devoted to the Lord is set apart to Him, and cannot be touched not its fate altered by men.
Leviticus 27:30-33 (ESV) “Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord's; it is holy to the Lord. If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman's staff, shall be holy to the Lord. One shall not differentiate between good or bad, neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.” The tithe is already separated and considered holy by God. This is the absolute minimum we owe Him.
Par’shah- Lev 26:3–27:34
D’rash: Lev 26 is the terms and conditions of the covenant: the rewards for obedience and for repentance, and the penalties and punishments for disobedience.
Leviticus 27:2-8 (ESV) “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, If anyone makes a special vow to the Lord involving the valuation of persons, then the valuation of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels[d] of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. If the person is a female, the valuation shall be thirty shekels. If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the valuation shall be for a male twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels. If the person is from a month old up to five years old, the valuation shall be for a male five shekels of silver, and for a female the valuation shall be three shekels of silver. And if the person is sixty years old or over, then the valuation for a male shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels. And if someone is too poor to pay the valuation, then he shall be made to stand before the priest, and the priest shall value him; the priest shall value him according to what the vower can afford. Valuation of people. This becomes important when redeeming them, say in the case of the firstborn. Since before our conversion we probably did not do this for our own children, or for ourselves, the valuation of what is owed is based on their/our current value. Also for legal matters, such as restitution.
Leviticus 27:9- (ESV) “If the vow is an animal that may be offered as an offering to the Lord, all of it that he gives to the Lord is holy. He shall not exchange it or make a substitute for it, good for bad, or bad for good; and if he does in fact substitute one animal for another, then both it and the substitute shall be holy. And if it is any unclean animal that may not be offered as an offering to the Lord, then he shall stand the animal before the priest, and the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall be. But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to the valuation. Don’t try to renege or cheat God with what is owed Him.
Laws About Vows
Leviticus 27:14-15 (ESV) “When a man dedicates his house as a holy gift to the Lord, the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. And if the donor wishes to redeem his house, he shall add a fifth to the valuation price, and it shall be his. We may give property to the synagogue, so this could apply.
Leviticus 27:16 (ESV) “If a man dedicates to the Lord part of the land that is his possession, then the valuation shall be in proportion to its seed. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. We may donate land, and its valuation is based on its yield. However not all land is farmland, and the most common current standard for valuing those is based on the highest use- i.e. land downtown zoned for business is worth more than land in the poorest part of town zoned residential only. That valuation would be its “yield.”
Leviticus 27: (ESV) “But a firstborn of animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the Lord, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the Lord's. And if it is an unclean animal, then he shall buy it back at the valuation, and add a fifth to it; or, if it is not redeemed, it shall be sold at the valuation. We are to redeem a firstborn animal, or sell it and donate the money to God.
Leviticus 27:28-29 (ESV) “But no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. No one devoted, who is to be devoted for destruction from mankind, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death. All devoted to the Lord is set apart to Him, and cannot be touched not its fate altered by men.
Leviticus 27:30-33 (ESV) “Every tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the trees, is the Lord's; it is holy to the Lord. If a man wishes to redeem some of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. And every tithe of herds and flocks, every tenth animal of all that pass under the herdsman's staff, shall be holy to the Lord. One shall not differentiate between good or bad, neither shall he make a substitute for it; and if he does substitute for it, then both it and the substitute shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.” The tithe is already separated and considered holy by God. This is the absolute minimum we owe Him.
