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Numbers 30:9
9“Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her.
Numbers 30:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
- English Standard Version (ESV)(But any vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, anything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.)
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.
- New Living Translation (NLT)If, however, a woman is a widow or is divorced, she must fulfill all her vows and pledges.
Context of Numbers 30:9
7and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. 8But if her husband forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that obligates her or the rash promise by which she obligates herself, and the Lord will release her. “Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her. 10“If a woman living with her husband makes a vow or obligates herself by a pledge under oath 11and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her and does not forbid her, then all her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand.
Read all of Numbers 30Numbers 30:9 word by word
וְנֵ֥דֶר אַלְמָנָ֖ה וּגְרוּשָׁ֑ה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָ֥ה עַל־נַפְשָׁ֖הּ יָק֥וּם עָלֶֽיהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 30:9
- Leviticus 21:7“ ‘They must not marry women defiled by prostitution or divorced from their husbands, because priests are holy to their God.
- Luke 2:37and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
- Romans 7:2For example, by law a married woman is bound to her husband as long as he is alive, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law that binds her to him.
Commentaries on Numbers 30:9
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-16Verses 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 the case of a wife. If her husband allows her vow, though only by silence, it stands. If he disallows it, her obligation to her husband takes place of it; for to him she ought to be in subjection, as unto the Lord. The Divine law consults the good order…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9A widow or divorced woman usually returned to her father's family (Leviticus 22:13). Yet, a mature single woman who made a vow or pledge had to fulfill her religious duties.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. every vow of a widow--In the case of a married woman, who, in the event of a separation from her husband, or of his death, returned, as was not uncommon, to her father's house, a doubt might have been entertained whether she was not, as before, subject to paternal jurisdiction and obliged to act with the paternal consent. The law ordained that the vow was binding if it had been made in her husband's lifetime, and he, on being made aware of it, had not…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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