Positive Commandment #216 of 613
For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Law
Commandment #216 — a positive obligation from Numbers 30:3, classified under Oaths in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Also if a woman makes a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by an obligation in her father's house in her youth,”
— Numbers 30:3
Hebrew
ד וְאִשָּׁה, כִּי-תִדֹּר נֶדֶר לַיהוָה, וְאָסְרָה אִסָּר בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ, בִּנְעֻרֶיהָ.
Greek (Septuagint)
(30:4) ἐὰν δὲ γυνὴ εὔξηται εὐχὴν κυρίῳ ἢ ὁρίσηται ὁρισμὸν ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς ἐν τῇ νεότητι αὐτῆς
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Oaths
- Book
- numbers
- Chapter
- 30
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Mattot
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #406
- Mishneh Torah
- PromisesVows
Related Commandments in “Oaths”
#209: Do not swear falsely in G-d's Name
Leviticus 19:12
#210: Do not take G-d's Name in vain
Exodus 20:7
#211: Do not deny possession of something entrusted to you
Leviticus 19:11
#212: Do not falsely swear in denial of a claim to property
Leviticus 19:11
#214: Fulfill what you uttered and do what you vowed
Deuteronomy 23:23
#215: Do not break oaths or vows
Numbers 30:2
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