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30:8 But if <0518> when <03117> her husband <0376> hears <08085> it he overrules <05106> her, then he will nullify <06565> the vow <05088> she has taken <05921>, and whatever she uttered <04008> impulsively <08193> which <0834> she has pledged <0631> for <05921> herself <05315>. And the Lord <03068> will release <05545> her from it. 30:9 “But every vow <05088> of a widow <0490> or of a divorced <01644> woman which <0834> she has pledged <0631> for <05921> herself <05315> will remain intact <06965>. 30:10 If <0518> she made the vow <05087> in her husband’s <0376> house <01004> or <0176> put <0631> herself <05315> under obligation <0632> with an oath <07621>, 30:11 and her husband <0376> heard <08085> about it, but remained silent <02790> about her, and did not <03808> overrule <05106> her, then all <03605> her vows <05088> will stand <06965>, and every <03605> obligation <0632> which <0834> she pledged <0631> for herself <05315> will stand <06965>. 30:12 But if <0518> her husband clearly <06565> nullifies <06565> them when <03117> he hears <08085> them, then whatever <03605> she says <08193> <04161> by way of vows <05088> or obligations <0632> will not <03808> stand <06965>. Her husband <0376> has made them void <06565>, and the Lord <03068> will release <05545> her from them. 30:13 “Any <03605> vow <05088> or sworn <07621> obligation <0632> that would bring affliction <06031> to her <05315>, her husband <0376> can confirm <06965> or nullify <06565>. 30:14 But if <0518> her husband <0376> remains completely silent <02790> <02790> about her from day <03117> to <0413> day <03117>, he thus confirms <06965> all <03605> her vows <05088> or <0176> all <03605> her obligations <0632> which <0834> she is under <05921>; he confirms <06965> them because <03588> he remained silent <02790> about when <03117> he heard <08085> them. 30:15 But if <0518> he should nullify <06565> <06565> them after <0310> he has heard <08085> them, then he will bear <05375> her iniquity <05771>.” 30:16 These <0428> are the statutes <02706> that <0834> the Lord <03068> commanded <06680> Moses <04872>, relating to <0996> a man <0376> and his wife <0802>, and a father <01> and his young <05271> daughter <01323> who is still living in her father’s <01> house <01004>.

• Num 30:9-16 -- Vows Made by Widows

• Vows

  [ebd] voluntary promises which, when once made, were to be kept if the thing vowed was right. They were made under a great variety of circumstances (Gen. 28: 18-22; Lev. 7:16; Num. 30:2-13; Deut. 23:18; Judg. 11:30, 39; 1 Sam. 1:1...
  [nave] VOWS Mosaic laws concerning, Lev. 23:37, 38; Num. 29:39. Must be voluntary, see below. Must be performed, see below. Estimation of the redemption price of things offered in vows, to be made by the priest, according to age a...
  

• WOMAN

  [isbe] WOMAN - woom'-an ('ishshah, "a woman" (feminine of 'ish, "a man"]; gune, "a woman" "wife"): I. IN THE CREATIVE PLAN II. IN OLD TESTAMENT TIMES 1. Prominence of Women 2. Social Equality 3. Marriage Laws 4. Inheritance 5. Dome...
  

• Wife

  [nave] WIFE Called Desire of the Eyes, Ezek. 24:16. Help, Gen. 2:18, 20. Fruitful Vine, Psa. 128:3. The judgment denounced against Eve, Gen. 3:16. Relation of, to husband, Gen. 2:18, 23, 24; 1 Cor. 11:3-12. Domestic duties of,...
  

• Women

  [nave] WOMEN Creation of, Gen. 1:27; 2:21, 22. Named, Gen. 2:23. Fall of, and curse upon, Gen. 3:1-16; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14. Promise to, Gen. 3:15. Had separate apartments in dwellings, Gen. 24:67; 31:33; Esth. 2:9, 11. Ve...
  

• TALMUD

  [isbe] TALMUD - tal'-mud (talmudh): I. PRELIMINARY REMARKS AND VERBAL EXPLANATIONS II. IMPORTANCE OF THE TALMUD III. THE TRADITIONAL LAW UNTIL THE COMPOSITION OF THE MISHNA IV. DIVISION AND CONTENTS OF THE MISHNA (AND THE TALMUD) 1...
  

• VOW

  [isbe] VOW - vou (nedher; euche; 'iccar, found only in Nu 30:6,8,10 and translated horismos, by the Septuagint: A vow could be positive (nedher) and included all promises to perform certain things for, or bring certain offerings to...
  

• LAW OF MOSES

  [smith] It will be the object of this article to give a brief analysis of the substance of this law, to point out its main principles, and to explain the position which it occupies in the progress of divine revelation. In order to do...
  

• LIP

  [isbe] LIP - (saphah, sepheth, "lip," "language," "speech," "talk" (also "rim," "border," "shore," "bank," etc.), sapham, "(upper) lip," "moustache," "beard"; cheilos, "lip" (also once, "shore" in the quotation Heb 11:12 = Gen 22:1...
  

• DISALLOW

  [isbe] DISALLOW - dis-a-lou': "To disallow" as used in the Scriptures means either "to oppose," "not permit" (Hebrew no', Nu 30:5,8,11), or "to reject" (Greek apodokimazo, literally, "to consider useless," 1 Pet 2:4,7 the King Jame...
  

• FORGIVENESS

  [isbe] FORGIVENESS - for-giv'-nes (kaphar, nasa', calach; apoluein charizesthai, aphesis paresis): 1. Etymology 2. Pagan and Jewish Ideas 3. The Teaching of Christ 4. Conditions of Forgiveness 5. The Offended Party 6. Divine and Hu...
  

• Bond

  [ebd] an obligation of any kind (Num. 30:2, 4, 12). The word means also oppression or affliction (Ps. 116:16; Phil. 1:7). Christian love is the "bond of perfectness" (Col. 3:14), and the influences of the Spirit are the "bond of p...
  

• FASTS

  [smith] One fast only was appointed by the Mosaic law, that on the day of atonement. There is no mention of any other periodical fast in the Old Testament except in (Zechariah 7:1-7; 8:19) From these passages it appears that the Jew...
  

• Widow

  [nave] WIDOW Vows of, binding, Num. 30:9. When daughters of priests, to be supported by their fathers, Lev. 22:13. Priests forbidden to marry, Lev. 21:14. Marriage of, authorized, Rom. 7:3; 1 Cor. 7:39. Widows' Inheritance, See...
  

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