Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
shall surely be put to death—This announcement imported not that the person was to be sacrificed or doomed to a violent death; but only that he should remain till death unalterably in the devoted condition. The preceding regulations were evidently designed to prevent rashness in vowing (Ecclesiastes 5:4) and to encourage serious and considerate reflection in all matters between God and the soul (Luke 21:4).
no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, . . . shall be sold or redeemed—This relates to vows of the most solemn kind—the devotee accompanying his vow with a solemn imprecation on himself not to fail in accomplishing his declared purpose.
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