Numbers 30:1
HEADS. rulers or princes. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEADS. rulers or princes. CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
VOW. VOW. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). make. solemn promise. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh_ (App-13), used in this chapter twelve times for the whole (responsible) person. BREAK. Hebrew profane.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. or. BIND... A BOND. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_. make. solemn bond.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHALL STAND. abideth firm. Compare Genesis 23:17; Genesis 23:20; Psalms 19:7; Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 40:8; Jeremiah 44:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
HER. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "all her", as in Numbers 30:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIVORCED. Hebrew "put away [from her husband]". Compare Leviticus 21:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
HATH UTTERLY MADE THEM VOID. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). Hebrew "a making void he hath made them void". Figure of speech well represented by the word "utterly". See note on Genesis 26:28.... [ Continue Reading ]
ALTOGETHER, &C. Hebrew "a holding his peace, he held his peace". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), well translated by "altogether".... [ Continue Reading ]
INIQUITY. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the punishment occasioned by it. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]