Literally, yes. But not "sacrifice" in the regular sense. Many of the medieval commentators such as Rashi, Nahmanides and so on, assume it to refer to people who had been sentenced to death by the court, who cannot be redeemed by payment. Jacob Milgrom, in his Anchor Bible commentary, basically says the same, pointing out that "Mot Yumat" always refers to death by the court for a capital transgression.
Yigal Levin -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of K Randolph Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 5:50 PM To: B-Hebrew Subject: [b-hebrew] Does the consecrated person die? Dear B-Hebrew Haburim: This is a verse that has puzzled me for some time, Leviticus 27:29. In the context, it appears that the consecrated person is to be executed, i.e. human sacrifice. What say ye? Karl W. Randolph. _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
