Leviticus 27:1-25
Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate a person to the Lord by giving the equivalent value, set the value of a male between the ages of twenty and sixty at fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel...
If what they vowed is an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, such an animal given to the Lord becomes holy. They must not exchange it or substitute a good one for a bad one, or a bad one for a good one; if they should substitute one animal for another, both it and the substitute become holy.
If anyone dedicates their house as something holy to the Lord, the priest will judge its quality as good or bad. Whatever value the priest then sets, so it will remain. If the one who dedicates their house wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the house will again become theirs.
If anyone dedicates to the Lord part of their family land, its value is to be set according to the amount of seed required for it—fifty shekels of silver to a homer of barley seed.
If the one who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, they must add a fifth to its value, and the field will again become theirs.
Firstborn sons, the firstlings of flocks and herds, and first fruits of the field are God's by right.
Why?
Make a special vow to dedicate anything are belong to the Lord, if redeem it have to add a fifth to its value. Or pay the equivalent value.
God is trust worthy, so do not random make a vow before the Lord. We do what should do and the Lord will justify and blessing us with his love and mercy.
If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to pay it, for the Lord your God will certainly demand it of you and you will be guilty of sin. But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty. Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth. (Deuteronomy 23:21-23)
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蒙福的道路： 遵行主的話，照主的話去行
1.許願要還願： 我要紀念我與雅各所立的約，與他們所立的約，也就是神是守約的神，所以我們也必須守約。
這個願不是神要我們許的，人為感恩的前提來在未實現前因此許下願在主面前，免得自己忘記要感謝神。
把自己或是某人獻給耶和華，要付出的價值，主要依其勞動力來估算。對於窮人付不起這些金額，可以由祭司按其能力來奉獻。不是想獻多少就是多少。比喻敬拜要按照神規定來敬拜，不是按自己喜好，隨隨便便的敬拜。用動物許願，還願時，只有一些不潔淨的動物，只要再加上1/5金額，就可以。用地來許願，還願時，如果有變動就要加入1/5的價值。這裏提醒人要守約。我們領受神的恩典後，是否也守約，感恩。許願在於是否會感恩。是否是個會感恩的人?
2.十一奉獻（後面提到）
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How?
For God is the Holy one, so we have to honor God's holy name and be holy before the Lord.
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