Fa – Holiness of the Vow 27: 1-34

Holiness of the Vow
27: 1-34

It seems that Leviticus should have ended with Chapter 26. Thus, it is likely that Chapter 27 was an addendum to the book. In order to include in Leviticus a matter of central importance, the funding of the Sanctuary, Chapter 27 was added by Moshe under the inspiration of the Ruach Ha’Kodesh. Maintaining the physical plant of the Sanctuary was certainly costly, and it was necessary to provide the materials used in public sacrifice and to support the priesthood. Chapter 27 deals first with vows involving people (see Fb – Personal Vows) and animals (see Fc – Vowing Animal Sacrifices). Then it teaches us how to dedicate houses and land (see Fd – Vowing a House of Field) to the LORD. Then there is the prohibition on vowing firstborn (see Fe – Prohibition on Vowing Firstborn). It finishes with how a person can vow something to God as holy (see Ff – Cherem) and mitzvot on tithes (see Fg – Mitzvot on Tithes).⁵⁴¹