Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Numbers 30:12
Verse Numbers 30:12. Concerning the bond of her soul] Her life is at stake if she fulfil not the obligation under which she has laid herself.
Verse Numbers 30:12. Concerning the bond of her soul] Her life is at stake if she fulfil not the obligation under which she has laid herself.
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...
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....
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...
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 30:13]_ וְ אִם ־הָפֵר֩ יָפֵ֨ר אֹתָ֥ם...
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...
The special case of a married woman, in the obligations upon her soul by reason of her vows, is also particularly noticed; and it should seem, from the great attention which the law of GOD was pleased...
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...
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...
BUT IF HER HUSBAND HATH UTTERLY MADE THEM VOID ON THE DAY HE HEARD THEM,.... Declaring they were contrary to his mind and will, he disapproved of them, and forbid the carrying them into execution: TH...
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...
But it her husband hath utterly made them void, frustrated them, made them of none effect, ON THE DAY HE HEARD THEM, namely, by his refusal to sanction them, THEN WHATSOEVER PROCEEDED OUT OF HER LIPS...
REGARDING VOWS OF PERSONS IN DEPENDENT POSITIONS...
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...
3-16 Two cases of vows are determined. The case of a daughter in her father's house. When her vow comes to his knowledge, it is in his power either to confirm it or do it away. The law is plain in th...
No text from Poole on this verse....
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...
Numbers 30:12 husband H376 truly H6565 (H8687) void H6565 (H8686) day H3117 heard H8085 (H8800) proceeded...
(IV) A VOW MADE BY A MARRIED WOMAN WITHOUT HER HUSBAND'S KNOWLEDGE (NUMBERS 30:10). Numbers 30:10 ‘And if she (a woman) vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, and he...
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 boun...
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;...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 30:10 Vows a woman makes after marrying may be canceled by her husband as soon as he hears of them, but if he SAYS NOTHING they are binding (v....
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...
1 Corinthians 11:3; Numbers 15:25; Numbers 15:28; Numbers 30:5;...