Revised Version 1895

Numbers 30

1AndMosesH4872spake unto the heads of the tribes of thechildrenH1121ofIsraelH3478,sayingH559, This is thethingH3605whichH834theLORDH3068hathcommandedH6680.

2When amanלִבְנֵ֥יliv.NeiH1121voweth a vow unto theLORDH3068, or sweareth anoathH1697to bind his soul with a bond, he shallnotזֶ֣הzehH2088break hiswordH1697; he shalldoצִוָּ֥הtzi.VahH6680accordingH413toallH1697that proceedethoutH413of his mouth.

3Also when a woman voweth avowH5088unto theLORDH3068, and bindethherselfH5315by a bond,beingH5315inherH3605father’s house, inherH3605youth;

4andherH802fatherH1hearethherH802vowH5088, andherH802bond wherewithsheH3588hathboundH631herH802soul, andherH802fatherH1holdeth his peace atherH802: then allherH802vowsH5088shall stand, andeveryH802bond wherewithsheH3588hathboundH631herH802soul shall stand.

5ButifH834herH3605fatherH1disallowherH3605in the day that he heareth;noneH3605ofherH3605vowsH5088, or ofherH3605bonds wherewithsheH834hathboundH631herH3605soulH5315, shallstandH6965: and the LORD shall forgiveherH3605,becauseH5921herH3605fatherH1disallowedherH3605.

6AndifH518sheאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834be married to a husband,whileבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117herH3605vowsH5088areuponH5921herH3605, or the rash utterance ofherH3605lips, wherewithsheאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834hathboundH631herH3605soulH5315;

7andherH5921husbandH376hear it, and hold his peace atherH5921in the day that he heareth it: thenherH5921vowsH5088shall stand, andherH5921bonds wherewithsheH834hathboundH631herH5921soulH5315shall stand.

8Butifאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834herH5921husbandH376disallowherH5921in thedayH3117that he heareth it; then he shallmakeH8085voidherH5921vowH5088whichאֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherH834isuponH5921herH5921, and the rash utterance ofherH5921lips, wherewithsheאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherH834hathboundH631herH5921soulH5315: and the LORD shall forgiveherH5921.

9But thevowH5088of a widow, or ofherעַל־'al-H5921that is divorced,evenוְ֠אִםVe.'imH518everyאִישָׁהּ֮'i.ShahH376thing wherewithsheH834hathboundH631herעָלֶֽיהָ׃'a.Lei.haH5921soulH5315, shall standagainstעָלֶ֔יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921herעַל־'al-H5921.

10AndifH834sheH834vowedוְנֵ֥דֶרve.Ne.derH5088inherH3605husband’s house, orboundH631herH3605soulH5315by a bond with an oath,

11andherH5921husbandH376heard it, and held his peace atherH5921, and disallowedherH5921notH518; thenallH376herH5921vowsנָדָ֑רָהna.Da.rahH5087shall stand, andeveryH376bond wherewithsheH518boundH631herH5921soulH5315shall stand.

12Butifאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834herH3605husbandH376madeH631them null and void in the day that heheardH8085them; thenwhatsoeverH3605proceededoutעַל־'al-H5921ofherH3605lips concerningherH3605vowsH5088, or concerning the bond ofherH3605soulH5315, shallnotH3808standH6965:herH3605husbandH376hathmadeH631them void; and the LORD shall forgiveherH3605.

13EveryH3605vowH5088, andeveryH3605bindingשְׂפָתֶ֧יהָse.fa.Tei.haH8193oath to afflict thesoulH5315,herH3605husbandH376mayestablishH6965it, orherH3605husbandH376maymakeשָׁמְעוֹ֒sha.me.'OH8085it void.

14ButifH376herH3605husbandH376altogetherH3605hold his peace atherH3605from day to day; then he establishethallH3605herH3605vowsH5088, orallH3605herH3605bonds, which are uponherH3605: he hathestablishedH6965them,becauseH3605he held his peace atherH3605in the day that he heard them.

15ButifH518he shallmakeשָׁמְע֑וֹsha.me.'OH8085them null and voidafterעָלֶ֑יהָ'a.Lei.haH5921that he hathheardשָׁמְעֽוֹ׃sha.me.'OH8085them; then he shall bearherH3605iniquity.

16These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being inherH518youth, inherH518father’s house.

Commentaries on Numbers 30

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