“If she vowed in her husband’s house or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her and didn’t disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge with which she bound her soul shall stand. But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand. Her husband has made them void. Yahweh will forgive her. Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
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“If she vowed in her husband’s house or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her and didn’t disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge with which she bound her soul shall stand. But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand. Her husband has made them void. Yahweh will forgive her. Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows or all her pledges which are on her. He has established them, because he said nothing to her in the day that he heard them. But if he makes them null and void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.”
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“If she vowed in her husband’s house or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,
and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her and didn’t disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge with which she bound her soul shall stand.
But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand. Her husband has made them void. Yahweh will forgive her.
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
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And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
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(30-11) And if a woman vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,
(30-12) and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
(30-13) But if her husband make them null and void in the day that he heareth them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips, whether it were her vows, or the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD will forgive her.
(30-14) Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may let it stand, or her husband may make it void.
Cross-references (16)
- 1 Corinthians 11:3 (vv12–13) But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
- Numbers 30:8 (v12) But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he makes void her vow which is on her and the rash utterance of her lips,…
- Leviticus 16:29 (v13) “It shall be a statute to you forever: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and shall do no…
- Leviticus 23:27 (v13) “However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement. It shall be a holy convocation to you. You shall afflict…
- Leviticus 23:32 (v13) It shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall deny yourselves. In the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to…
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- Numbers 15:25 (v12) The priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they shall be forgiven; for it was an error, and…
- Numbers 15:28 (v12) The priest shall make atonement for the soul who errs when he sins unwittingly before Yahweh. He shall make atonement for him; and he shall…
- Numbers 29:7 (v13) “ ‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall afflict your souls. You shall do no kind of work;
- Numbers 30:5 (v12) But if her father forbids her in the day that he hears, none of her vows or of her pledges with which she has bound her soul, shall stand.…
- Ezra 8:21 (v13) Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek from him a straight way for us,…
- Psalms 35:13 (v13) But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth. I afflicted my soul with fasting. My prayer returned into my own bosom.
- Isaiah 58:5 (v13) Is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread sackcloth…
- 1 Corinthians 11:9 (v13) for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.
- 1 Peter 3:1-6 (v13) In the same way, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don’t obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of…
- 1 Corinthians 7:5 (v13) Don’t deprive one another, unless it is by consent for a season, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer, and may be together…
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv10, 11, 13 For they are not under the authority of the…
For they are not under the authority of the man.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On v13 Num 30:13 Every vow, and every binding oath to…
Num 30:13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
Ver. 13. To afflict her soul.] This is one instance of what she may vow. She may curb wanton flesh from the use of things lawful in themselves, but harmful to her, and that by a vow, as did the Rechabites, {Jer 35:8-10} which the devil seeing will despair; for vows are as exorcisms to allay our rebellious spirits, and as cords to hamper our treacherous hearts, when they would slip the collar, and decline the yoke. In short, a man may lawfully vow a thing that is either a part of God’s worship - as to fast once a month before the sacrament, to pray so many times a day, &c. - or a furtherance thereof, - as to found a lecture, build a college, school, almshouse, give so much weekly to the poor, &c.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv10, 13 In her husband’s house, i.e. if she that now…
In her husband’s house, i.e. if she that now is a widow, or divorced, made that vow whilst her husband lived with her; as suppose she then vowed, that if she was a widow, she would give such a proportion of her estate to pious or charitable uses, of which vow she might repent when she came to be a widow, and might believe or pretend she was free from it, because that vow was made in her husband’s lifetime, which is here granted, in case her husband then disallowed it, but denied, in case by silence or otherwise he consented to it. And thus this law is sufficiently distinguished from that above, Num 30:6-8.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv10–13 And if she vowed in her husband's house,.... Before…
And if she vowed in her husband's house,.... Before his death, in his lifetime, or before divorced: the Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation, "and not at age for marriage", understanding it of a betrothed, and not a married person; but Jarchi says, the Scripture speaks of a married one, which seems most likely:
or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; to fulfil her vow, to abstain from this, or to do that or the other thing.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv10, 13 If she vowed - If she that now a…
If she vowed - If she that now a widow, or divorced, made that vow while her husband lived with her; as suppose she then vowed, that if she was a widow, she would give such a proportion of her estate to pious or charitable uses, of which vow she might repent when she came to be a widow, and might believe or repented she was free from it, because that vow was made in her husband's lifetime; this is granted, in case her husband then disallowed it; but denied, in case by silence, or otherwise he consented to it.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On v12 Verse 12. Concerning the bond of her soul] Her…
Verse 12. Concerning the bond of her soul] Her life is at stake if she fulfil not the obligation under which she has laid herself.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv10, 13 Num 30:10. If she vowed — If she that…
Num 30:10. If she vowed — If she that now is a widow, or divorced, made that vow while her husband lived with her; as, suppose, she then vowed that if she was a widow she would give such a proportion of her estate to pious or charitable uses, of which vow she might repent when she came to be a widow, and might believe or pretend she was free from it, because that vow was made in her husband’s lifetime: this is granted, in case her husband then disallowed it; but denied, in case, by silence, or otherwise, he consented to it.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On v10 THE VOW OF THE WIFE, Num_30:10-16.
THE VOW OF THE WIFE, Num_30:10-16.
In this case the silence of the husband cognizant of the vow gives consent, but his immediate protest annuls the obligation.
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13. To afflict the soul — This was usually done by fasting. Lev_16:29, note. The Jewish teachers infer from this verse, that although the father may annul all the vows of his daughter, yet the husband only has authority over his wife’s vow to afflict her soul.
14. From day to day — His power to make void his wife’s vow expired after the day that he heard it. Num_30:8.
15. He shall bear her iniquity — The punishment for the broken vow of his wife. A sin offering must be presented by him to expiate her sin.
Lev_5:4-13, notes. If this is omitted he must bear the penalty.
Lev_5:1, note. “From which we learn,” says Jarchi, “that he who is the cause of offence unto his neighbour shall come in his stead unto all punishments.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v13 13. to afflict the soul] See on Num_29:7.
13. to afflict the soul] See on Num_29:7.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv10, 13 (10) And if she vowed in her husband’s house,…
(10) And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul . . . —i.e., if she took a vow of performance or of abstinence whilst in the house of her husband.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv10, 13 If she vowed in her husband"s house. Case third,…
If she vowed in her husband"s house. Case third, of a married woman living with her husband. The husband had naturally the same absolute authority to allow or disallow all such vows as the father had in the ease of his unmarried daughter. The only difference is that the responsibility of the husband is expressed in stronger terms than that of the father, because in the nature of things the husband has a closer interest in and control over the proceedings of his wife than the father has over those of the daughter.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv12–13 then whatever came out of her lips
then whatever came out of her lips
Here what the woman said is referred to as something that came out of her lips. AT: "then whatever she said" (See: Metonymy)
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will not remain in force
This is an idiom. It means that her vows will not remain in effect and she will be not required to fulfill them. See how you translated this phrase in Numbers 30:6. AT: "she will not be obligated to fulfill" (See: Idiom)
Yahweh will release her
Here Moses speaks about Yahweh forgiving the woman for not fulfilling her vow as if he were releasing her from something that bound her. The full meaning of this statement can be made clear. AT: "Yahweh will forgive her" or "Yahweh will forgive her for not fulfilling her vow" (See: Metaphor and Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v10 30:10-15 A married woman also needed the approval of…
30:10-15 A married woman also needed the approval of her husband to make vows and pledges. Her husband could nullify her religious promise, but he had to make this decision on the day he heard about it. God did not hold the married woman guilty of breaking this promise if her husband cancelled it in the proper manner (cp. 30:5, 8, 12). The self-denial mentioned in 30:13 probably refers to fasting. If he raised no objection, the husband’s silence implied consent. He could not delay in his objection, or he would incur the guilt of a broken vow (cp. Lev 5:4-13).
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