These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses between a man and his wife,.... Relating to vows made by the wife, and confirmed or disannulled by the husband: Aben Ezra adds, if she is at age or in puberty, understanding it of a married and not a betrothed wife:between the father and his daughter; if she is not at age, as the same writer observes; for if she is at age he has nothing to do with her vows:[being yet] in her youth; not at age, being not twelve years and one day old:in her father's house; in his power and jurisdiction, and at his disposal, and so could make her vows void or firm, as he pleased: this power of ratifying or disannulling vows an husband had over his wife, and a father over his daughter, to prevent imprudent and extravagant vows, and the too frequent use of them, the consequences of which might be bad in families.
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Numbers 30:16
Numbers 30:16
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Numbers 30 — OverviewNumbers 30 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIn this chapter we have a law concerning vows, which had been mentioned
in the close of the foregoing chapter. I. Here is a general rule laid
down that all vows must be carefully performed, ver. 1, 2. II. Some…Numbers 30 — OverviewNumbers 30 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeNumbers 30:1, Vows are not to be broken; Numbers 30:3, The exceptions of a maid’s vows; Numbers 30:6, of a wife’s; Numbers 30:9, of a widow’s; or her that is divorced.Numbers 30 — OverviewNumbers 30 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleMention being made, in the latter part of the preceding chapter, of vows to be performed to the Lord, besides the sacrifices directed to; here some account is given of them, and men are charged to fulfil, and not break…Numbers 30:1-16Numbers 30:1-16 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION
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