And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more.
A field consecrated to God by vow could not be redeemed any more if the one who vowed it would not redeem it or had sold it to another man. To keep vowed property the owner had to pay the priest's valuation plus one fifth, for a vow made the property sacred and turning it to other uses robbed God. The same chapter made provision for redeeming certain things devoted by vow, including a member of a household, at the priest's valuation. Under that law Jephthah's daughter was devoted to the Lord's service rather than offered as a burnt offering, since she was not redeemed and human sacrifice was not permitted.
The verse is an example of anathema as a curse and a ban, properly something set apart, separated and devoted under an absolute ban that is irrevocable and cannot be reclaimed. In its principal sense it is the absolute, irrevocable and entire separation of a person from the communion of the faithful, from the number of the living, or from the privileges of society. It is likewise the devoting of any man, animal, city or thing to be extirpated, destroyed, consumed and annihilated.
The tithe is the Lord's, belonging to God and bearing His image and superscription like worship, the Sabbath, baptism and the Lord's Supper. Civil government therefore has no right to exact it, modify it, direct it, or lay any claim upon it whatsoever.
A field consecrated to God by vow could not be redeemed any more if the one who vowed it would not redeem it or had sold it to another man. To keep vowed property the owner had to pay the priest's valuation plus one fifth, for a vow made the property sacred and turning it to other uses robbed God. The same chapter made provision for redeeming certain things devoted by vow, including a member of a household, at the priest's valuation. Under that law Jephthah's daughter was devoted to the Lord's service rather than offered as a burnt offering, since she was not redeemed and human sacrifice was not permitted.
The verse is an example of anathema as a curse and a ban, properly something set apart, separated and devoted under an absolute ban that is irrevocable and cannot be reclaimed. In its principal sense it is the absolute, irrevocable and entire separation of a person from the communion of the faithful, from the number of the living, or from the privileges of society. It is likewise the devoting of any man, animal, city or thing to be extirpated, destroyed, consumed and annihilated.
The tithe is the Lord's, belonging to God and bearing His image and superscription like worship, the Sabbath, baptism and the Lord's Supper. Civil government therefore has no right to exact it, modify it, direct it, or lay any claim upon it whatsoever.