Contents: The laws of vows.
Characters: God, Moses.
Conclusion: Our promises before God are bonds upon the soul and by them we must conscientiously consider ourselves bound out from all sin and bound up to the whole will of God.
Key Word: Vows, Numbers 30:2.
Strong Verses: Numbers 30:2.
CHAPTER XXX _The law concerning vows of men_, 1, 2. _Of women under age, and in what cases the father may annul_ _them_, 3-5. _The vows of a wife, and in what cases the husband may annul_ _them_,...
The regulations respecting vows appropriately follow those given respecting sacrifices, since a large proportion of vows would always relate to the presentation of such offerings. Rules had already be...
6. CONCERNING VOWS CHAPTER 30 _ 1. The vow of a man (Numbers 30:1)_ 2. The vows of women (Numbers 30:3) The entire chapter treats of vows. It also has a deeper meaning. There is a sharp contrast be...
THE CIRCUMSTANCES UNDER WHICH VOWS ARE BINDING. The vows coming under review are of two kinds: (_a)_ promises to give or dedicate something to Yahweh, (_b_) pledges to practise some form of abstinence...
HEADS. rulers or princes. CHILDREN. sons....
MOSES SPAKE UNTO THE HEADS OF THE TRIBES— i.e. the representatives of the people assembled together, Deuteronomy 33:5. 1 Chronicles 28:1. It is very likely that some case had been propounded to Moses...
I. LAW ON WOMEN'S VOWS (NUMBERS 30) TEXT Numbers 30:1. And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. 2. If a...
_AND MOSES SPAKE UNTO THE HEADS OF THE TRIBES CONCERNING THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SAYING, THIS IS THE THING WHICH THE LORD HATH COMMANDED._ This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. The subject...
THE LAW OF VOWS This chapter deals with the subject of Vows, which is also treated in Leviticus 27, where see notes. A vow made by a man is binding (Numbers 30:2). But a woman is not considered to hav...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 30 RULES ABOUT PROMISES – NUMBERS 30:1-16 V1 Moses spoke to the leaders of *Israel’s *tribes. He gave to th
_[Numbers 30:2]_ וַ יְדַבֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל ־רָאשֵׁ֣י...
2. THE LAW OF VOWS Numbers 30:1 The general command regarding vows is that whosoever binds himself by one, or takes an oath in regard to any promise, must at all hazards keep his word. A man is allow...
In this section the subject of vows was dealt with and principally those of women. A man's vow was declared to be absolutely binding. No provision was made for release. In the case of women this was n...
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes (a) concerning the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded. (a) Because they might declare them to the Israelites....
CONTENTS This Chapter is devoted to the prescribing of laws concerning vows. Here are general rules, as well as particular cases, considered: such as the vows of daughters, and those of wives....
In the first ages of the church, and even in later periods, some pious persons, out of an holy zeal for the LORD'S honor and glory, have obliged themselves to certain acts, either in doing or sufferin...
The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
1_And Moses spake. _Moses teaches in this chapter that the vows which were made by persons who were not free, were not held good before God; and although no mention is made of male children, still, as...
Chapter 30 is the case of the vows of women, which has reference also to the fate of Israel, who have indeed taken these vows upon themselves, in the hearing of God, and He has not disannulled them in...
AND MOSES SPAKE UNTO THE HEADS OF THE TRIBES,.... Or the princes of them, who could more easily be convened, and who used to meet on certain occasions, and on whom it lay to see various laws put in ex...
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded. Ver. 1. _And Moses spake unto the heads._] Because they were...
_Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes_ The chief rulers of each tribe, who were to communicate it to the rest. _This is the thing the Lord hath commanded_ With relation to vows, concerning which,...
1 Vowes are not to be broken. 3 The exception of a maids vow, 6 Of a wiues, 9 Of a widowes, or her that is diuorced. 1 AND Moses spake vnto the heads of the tribes, concerning the children of Isra...
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes, to whom the regulation of affairs regarding families was entrusted, CONCERNING THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, SAYING, THIS IS THE THING WHICH THE LORD HATH COMMA...
THE OBLIGATION OF VOWS...
LAWS CONCERNING VOWS (vs.1-16) Under law it was permitted to the people to make vows as to what they might do in the future, for man is looked at as under probation so long as he is under law. But th...
1,2 No man can be bound by his own promise to do what he is already, by the Divine precept, forbidden to do. In other matters the command is, that he shall not break his words, through he may change h...
NUMBERS CHAPTER 30 Vows not to be broke: if a man vow, he must perform, NUMBERS 30:1,2. If a daughter living with her father vow, and he disapprove thereof, she is free, NUMBERS 30:3. If a married wom...
This brief section has what we may term a dispensational bearing. It applies specially to Israel, and treats of the question of vows and bonds. The man and the woman stand in marked contrast, in relat...
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THE CONTINUAL MAKING AND CONFIRMATION OF VOWS (WITH THEIR PEACE/WELLBEING OFFERINGS). BUT WHILE DEDICATION WAS GOOD AND WAS REQUIRED, IT ALSO HAD TO BE CONTROLLED (NUMBERS 30:1). Vows were an essentia...
Numbers 30:15. _He shall bear her iniquity._ The Samaritan pentateuch, and the Septuagint read, Then “he shall bear _his_ iniquity,” which conveys the just idea that by disannulling the vow, he took t...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 30:1 In a crisis people often make a vow: “If God delivers me from X, I promise to do Y.” There are many examples in the Bible (e.g., Genesis 28:20;...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have regulations as to the force and obligatoriness of vows, with certain cases specified in which they ceased to be binding. Rules for the estimation...
EXPOSITION OF VOWS MADE BY WOMEN (Numbers 30:1). NUMBERS 30:1 AND MOSES SPAKE UNTO THE HEADS OF THE TRIBES. The regulations here laid down about vows follow with a certain p
Now as we get into chapter thirty we are dealing with the law of vows. When you make a promise unto God, God takes it seriously and God expects you to keep your vow. God is not an Indian giver and He...
Deuteronomy 1:13; Exodus 18:25; Numbers 1:4; Numbers 34:17; Number