Numbers 30:1

The Law Concerning Vows

1 Then Moses spoke to ^athe heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded:

2 ^aIf a man makes a vow to the Lord, or ^bswears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall ^cdo according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

3 “Or if a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and binds herself by some agreement while in her father’s house in her youth,

4 and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father¹ holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand.

Commentaries:

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The regulations respecting vows appropriately follow those given respecting sacrifices, since a large proportion of vows would always relate to the presentation of such offerings. Rules had already been given Lev. 27 for the estimation of things vowed to God. It is probable that this fresh legislation dealing especially with vows made by persons in a state of tutelage, was occasioned by some case of practical difficulty that had recently arisen; and it is addressed by Moses to "the heads of the tribes" Numbers 30:1, who would in their judicial capacity have to determine questions on these subjects.

There is no provision in the chapter for annulling vows made by boys and young men; from which it has been inferred that the vows of males were in all cases and circumstances binding.

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