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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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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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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(30-14) 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 (11)
Passages linked to Numbers 30:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- 1 Corinthians 11:3 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.
- Leviticus 16:29 “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 kind of work, whether native-born or a stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;
- Leviticus 23:27 “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 yourselves and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 23:32 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 evening, you shall keep your Sabbath.”
- Numbers 29:7 “ ‘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;
- Ezra 8:21 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, and for our little ones, and for all our possessions.
- Psalms 35:13 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 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 and ashes under himself? Will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Yahweh?
- 1 Corinthians 11:9 for man wasn’t created for the woman, but woman for the man.
- 1 Peter 3:1-6 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 their wives without a word, seeing your pure behavior in fear. Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing; but in the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in the sight of God. For this is how in the past, the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands. So Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose children you now are, if you do well, and are not put in fear by any terror.
- 1 Corinthians 7:5 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 again, that Satan doesn’t tempt you because of your lack of self-control.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, the bonds of her soul.
Hebrew, the bonds of her soul.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 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 Afflict the soul, i.e. herself by fasting, which oft…
Afflict the soul, i.e. herself by fasting, which oft goes under that name, as Lev 16:29,31; 23:27,32; Isa 58:5, by watching, or the like. And these words are added not for limitation, for it is manifest from Num 30:5,8,10,12, that the power of parents and husbands was more general and large; but for amplification, to show that the husband had this power not only in those vows which concerned himself or his estate, but also in those which might seem only to concern her own person or body. And the reason hereof is, because the wife’s person or body being the husband’s right, she might not do any thing to the injury of her body without his consent.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the…
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul,.... By fasting, as Aben Ezra observes; as when a vow was made, or a person bound herself by an oath to abstain from such and such food, or to fast on such a day; to keep a fast which was not appointed, to set apart a day for fasting, besides the grand and general fast on the day of atonement: Jarchi from hence gathers, that a man only makes vows of afflicting the soul, or vows of fasting; but this is not said by way of limitation and restriction, but by way of amplification and illustration, giving a particular instance, by which others may be judged of:
her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void, just as he pleased; and this power an husband had, to prevent confusion in the family, and trouble in the affairs of it, by vowing abstinence from such and such food, or from such and such liquor, and the like; and to prevent running into expenses he was not able to answer, by vowing and dedicating, this and the other to holy uses, for sacrifices, and repairs of the temple, and the like.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To afflict her soul - Herself by fasting, by…
To afflict her soul - Herself by fasting, by watching, or the like. And these words are added to shew that the husband had this power not only in those vows which concerned himself or his estate, but also in those which might seem only to concern her own person, or body, and the reason is, because the wife's person or body being the husband's right; she might not do any thing to the injury of her body without his consent.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 30:13. To afflict the soul — Herself, by…
Num 30:13. To afflict the soul — Herself, by fasting, by watching, or the like. And these words are added to show that the husband had this power not only in those vows which concerned himself or his estate, but also in those which might seem only to concern her own person and body; and the reason is, because the wife’s person or body being the husband’s right, she might not do any thing to the injury of her body without his consent.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 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 (13) Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict…
(13) Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul.—Reference is again made to the two kinds of vows which are treated of in this chapter—viz., a vow to do anything, and a vow to abstain from anything.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Oath to afflict the soul. No doubt by fasting…
Oath to afflict the soul. No doubt by fasting or by other kinds of abstinence. The expression is especially used in connection with the rigorous fast of the day of atonement. (Lev_16:29 Num_29:7; and cf. Isa_58:5 1Co_7:5)
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Every vow or oath ... may be confirmed or…
Every vow or oath ... may be confirmed or canceled by her husband
This can be stated in active form. AT: "A woman's husband may confirm or cancel any vow or oath she has taken that binds her to deny herself something" (See: Active or Passive)
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that binds her
Here Moses speaks of a woman's promise that she is committed to as if it were something physically binding her body. AT: "that she is committed to" (See: Metaphor)
binding promises
Moses describes a woman's promises as if they were something that she is physically bound by. AT: "obligations" or "promises" (See: Metaphor)
because he has said nothing to her
You can make clear the understood information. AT: "because he has said nothing to her about them" (See: Ellipsis)
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promise
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