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Numbers 30:1
1And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is what Jehovah hath commanded.
Numbers 30:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.
- New International Version (NIV)Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel: “This is what the Lord commands:
- English Standard Version (ESV)Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, saying, "This is what the Lord has commanded.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded:
Context of Numbers 30:1
And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is what Jehovah hath commanded. 2If a man vow a vow to Jehovah, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; according to all that hath gone out of his mouth shall he do. 3If a woman also vow a vow to Jehovah, and bind herself by a bond, in her father's house in her youth,
Read all of Numbers 30Numbers 30:1 word by word
וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ אֶל־רָאשֵׁ֣י הַמַּטּ֔וֹת לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר צִוָּ֥ה יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Numbers 30:1
- Numbers 1:4And with you there shall be a man for every tribe, a man who is the head of his father's house.
- Numbers 7:2that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, the princes of the tribes, they that were over them that had been numbered, offered;
- Numbers 34:17These are the names of the men who shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Exodus 18:25And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens.
- Deuteronomy 1:13Provide you wise and understanding and known men, according to your tribes, that I may make them your chiefs.
Commentaries on Numbers 30:1
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The regulations respecting vows appropriately follow those given respecting sacrifices, since a large proportion of vows would always relate to the presentation of such offerings. Rules had already been given Numbers 30:1, who would in their judicial capacity have to determine questions on these subjects. There is no provision in the chapter for annulling vows made by boys and young men; from which it has been inferred that the vows of males were in all…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Vows to be kept. (1-2) The cases wherein vows might be released. (3-16) Verses 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 his mind.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2Vows included promises to give offerings, like Hannah's vow in 1 Samuel 1. It included pledges to abstain from certain things, like the Nazirite vow in Numbers 6. Jesus mentioned the teachings about vows in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:33.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-161. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded--The subject of this chapter relates to vowing, which seems to have been an ancient usage, allowed by the law to remain, and by which some people declared their intention of offering some gift on the altar or abstaining from particular articles of meat or drink, of observing a private fast, or doing something to the honor or in the service of God, over and above what was authoritatively required. In Nu…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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