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Adam Clarke

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Numbers 30:2

If a man vow a vow - A vow is a religious promise made to God. Vows were of several kinds: -

1.Of abstinence or humiliation, see Numbers 30:13;

2.Of the Nazarite, see Numbers 6;

3.Of giving certain things or sacrifices to the Lord, Leviticus 7:16;

4.Of alms given to the poor, see Deuteronomy 23:21.

The law in this chapter must have been very useful, as it both prevented and annulled rash vows, and provided a proper sanction for the support and performance of those that were rationally and piously made. Besides, this law must have acted as a great preventive of lying and hypocrisy. If a vow was properly made, a man or woman was bound, under penalty of the displeasure of God, to fulfill it.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing Numbers 30:2:

Numbers 36:13
Deuteronomy 23:21

 

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