Numbers - 30:6

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6 "If she is (married) to a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 30:6.

Differing Translations

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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;
And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,
If she have a husband, and shall vow any thing, and the word once going out of her mouth shall bind her soul by an oath:
And if she have a husband, when she hath her vow upon her or ought that hath passed her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul,
And if she had a husband when she vowed, or uttered aught from her lips, with which she bound her soul;
And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows are on her, or a wrongful utterance on her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,
And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, with which she bound her soul;
And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;
And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the clear utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul;
If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,
If she has a husband, and she has vowed anything, then, once the word has gone out of her mouth, she will have obligated her soul by an oath.
Quod si fuerit sub viro, et fuerint vota ejus super eam, aut prolatio labiorum qua constrinxerit animam suam:

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Rather, And if she shall at all be an husband's, and her vows shall be upon her, or a rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, etc. The "at all" intimates that the case of a girl betrothed but not yet actually married is here especially contemplated. After betrothal, a woman continued to reside, until the period of her marriage arrived, in her father's house; but her property was from that time forward vested in her husband, and she was so far regarded as personally his, that an act of faithlessness to him was, like adultery, punishable with death Deuteronomy 22:23-24. Hence, his right to control her vows even before he actually took her home as his wife.

And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or (d) uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
(d) Either by oath, or solemn promise.

And if she had at all an husband with whom she vowed,.... Or "when her vows were upon her" (w), was either betrothed or married to a man:
or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; uttered anything, either with or without premeditation, either with thought and deliberation, or rashly and imprudently, as the word signifies, yet in such a manner that it was binding upon her.
(w)

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