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Numbers 30
A general rule, vows must be performed, ver. 1-3. Particular
exceptions, of the vow of a daughter, not allowed by the father,
ver. 3-5. And the vow of a wife, not allowed by her husband, 6-
16.
Verse 5. In the days - Speedily, or without delay, allowing only
convenient time for deliberation. And it is hereby intimated, that
the day or time he had for disallowing her vow, was not to be
reckoned from her vowing, but from his knowledge of her vow.
The Lord shall forgive - Or, will forgive her not performing it.
But this should be understood only of vows which could not be
performed without invading the father's right; for if one should
vow to forbear such, or such a sin, and all occasions or means
leading to it, and to perform such, or such duties, when he had
opportunity, no father can discharge him from such vows. If this
law does not extend to children's marrying without the parent's
consent, so far as to put it in the power of the parent, to disannul
the marriage, (which some think it does) yet certainly it proves the
sinfulness of such marriages, and obliges those children to repent
and humble themselves before God and their parents.
Verse 9. Widow or divorced - Though she be in her father's house,
whither such persons often returned.
Verse 10. If she vowed - If she that now a widow, or divorced, made that
vow while her husband lived with her; as suppose she then
vowed, that if she was a widow, she would give such a proportion
of her estate to pious or charitable uses, of which vow she might
repent when she came to be a widow, and might believe or
repented she was free from it, because that vow was made in her
husband's lifetime; this is granted, in case her husband then
disallowed it; but denied, in case by silence, or otherwise he
consented to it.
Verse 13. 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.
Verse 15. After he hath heard - And approved them by his silence from
day to day, if after that time he shall hinder it, which he ought not
to do: her non-performance of her vow shall be imputed to him,
not to her.
Chapter 30:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Leviticus Deuteronomy
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