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In today's world, vows are relics of the past. The fate of marriage vows is a good example. The fact that half of all American marriages end in divorce demonstrates that we do not take our vows very seriously.
What was a vow in biblical times?
"In making a vow, a person demonstrated his love for the Lord's worship, or his thankfulness for an answer to prayer by earnestly resolving to dedicate something or someone as a gift to the Lord (Hannah) or to deny himself certain pleasures (the Nazirite – Num. 6), or to present a certain offering (Lev. 6:6)."
Dt 23:21-23 makes it clear that vows were optional, but if they were made, they must be kept (cf. Num. 30:2-15)
The principle of Leviticus 27 is that if you wish to redeem your vow, then you must pay a higher price than the value of the thing that you vowed.
Leviticus 27 applies this principle to humanity, to the land, and to all the produce of the land. In other words, all of creation is in view.
In the end we will see that God had vowed to save his people. Therefore he must offer something of greater value than humanity.
God had vowed to redeem creation. Therefore he must offer something of greater value than all creation!
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