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Numbers 30:6 Cross-References

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And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; she vowed: Heb. her vows were upon her

Numbers 30:6 (KJV)

Commentary on Numbers 30:6

If she had at all an husband, when she vowed—This verse introduces marital authority superseding paternal authority at marriage. The emphatic infinitive absolute construction (ve'im hayo tihyeh le'ish) stresses the certainty of this transfer: when she becomes an husband's (לְאִישׁ, le'ish, literally 'to/for a man'), covenant headship shifts.Uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul (מִבְטָא שְׂפָתֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר אָסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ, mivta sefateyha asher as'rah al-nafshah)—Mivta means rash utterance or hasty speech. The verb asar (to bind) indicates self-imposed obligation upon...

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