What does Numbers 30:2 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not breaka his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth."
Verse Numbers 30:2. _IF A MAN VOW A VOW_] A _vow_ is a religious promise made to God. Vows were of several kinds:- 1. Of _abstinence_ or _humiliation_, see ver. Numbers 30:13; 2. Of the _Nazarite_,...
The “vow” was positive; the “bond” negative or restrictive. By a vow a man engaged to dedicate something to God, or to accomplish some work for Him: by a bond he debarred himself from some privilege o...
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 b...
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...
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....
Two kinds of pledges are here mentioned, a _vow_and an _obligation_. A _vow_is a promise to give something to God. Such votive offerings were frequent in times of danger or special need (cf. Genesis 2...
IF A MAN, &C.— That is, a _person_ entirely master of himself, and actually endowed with reason. See Leviticus 27. The Jewish rabbis have advanced two excellent maxims upon this subject: the one, that...
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...
_IF A MAN VOW A VOW UNTO THE LORD, OR SWEAR AN OATH TO BIND HIS SOUL WITH A BOND; HE SHALL NOT BREAK HIS WORD, HE SHALL DO ACCORDING TO ALL THAT PROCEEDETH OUT OF HIS MOUTH._ If a man vow a vow. A me...
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 ha...
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 them these...
_[Numbers 30:3]_ אִישׁ֩ כִּֽי ־יִדֹּ֨ר נֶ֜דֶר לַֽ יהוָ֗ה אֹֽו ־הִשָּׁ֤בַע שְׁבֻעָה֙ לֶ אְסֹ֤ר אִסָּר֙...
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 allo...
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...
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...
2._If a man vow a vow. _Wishing to modify the general law, lest any one should think that there was any contradiction in this exception, he begins by repeating the law itself, that every one should fa...
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...
IF A MAN VOW A VOW UNTO THE LORD,.... Which must be in a thing that is lawful to be done, which is not contrary to the revealed will and mind of God, and which may tend to the glory of God, the honour...
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. Ver. 2. _If a man vow a vo...
_If a man vow a vow_ Concerning something lawful, and in his power to perform. _Unto the Lord_ To the honour and service of God. _Or swear an oath_ Confirm his vow by an oath. _To bind his soul with a...
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...
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...
BREAK: _ Heb._ profane...
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...
A MAN; which notes both the sex, as appears by NUMBERS 30:3, and the age, that he be grown up; for none can be so weak as to think the vow of a young child would bind it. A VOW, i.e. a simple Vow to d...
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 30:2 man H376 makes H5087 (H8799) vow H5088 LORD H3068 swears H7650 (H8736) oath H7621 bind H631 (H8800) himself H5315 agreement H632 break H2490 (H8686) word H1697 do H6213 (H8799) proceeds H...
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 essenti...
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...
_If a man vow a vow unto the Lord._ THE SACRED BOND The practice of binding the soul with vows and oaths is of very ancient date, and common to all systems of religion. Now precisely of this nature i...
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; 1 Samuel 1:11). There is a...
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 estimatio...
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 propriety upon those conce...
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...
2 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 9:9; Acts 23:12; Acts 23:14; Acts 23:21; Deuteronomy 23:21; Deuteronomy 23:22; Ecclesiastes 5:4; Ecclesiastes 5:5;...