Numbers 30:12

But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
husband	אִישָׁהּ֮ 'i.Shah	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
utterly	הָפֵר֩ ha.Fer	H6565	to break up (usually figuratively) · verb, hiphil infinitive construct
void	יָפֵ֨ר ya.Fer	H6565	to break up (usually figuratively) · verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
day	בְּי֣וֹם be.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
heard	שָׁמְעוֹ֒ sha.me.'O	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
proceeded	מוֹצָ֨א mo.Tza'	H4161	a going forth · noun, common masculine singular construct
lips	שְׂפָתֶ֧יהָ se.fa.Tei.ha	H8193	the lip (as a natural boundary) · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
vows	לִנְדָרֶ֛יהָ lin.da.Rei.ha	H5088	a promise (to God) · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
bond	וּלְאִסַּ֥ר u.le.'i.Sar	H632	an obligation or vow (of abstinence) · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
soul	נַפְשָׁ֖הּ naf.Shah	H5315	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
stand	יָק֑וּם ya.Kum	H6965	to rise (in various applications · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
husband	אִישָׁ֣הּ 'i.Shah	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
void	הֲפֵרָ֔ם ha.fe.Ram	H6565	to break up (usually figuratively) · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
LORD	וַיהוָ֖ה va.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · conjunction + proper noun, a title
forgive	יִֽסְלַֽח yis.lach-	H5545	to forgive · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Numbers 30:8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with h…
Numbers 15:25 And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignoranc…
Numbers 15:28 And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonem…
Numbers 30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall sta…
1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 30:3–end

It is here taken for granted that all such persons as are sui juris - at their own disposal, and are likewise of sound understanding and memory, are bound to perform whatever they vow that is lawful and possible; but, if the person vowing be under the dominion and at the disposal of another, the case is different. Two cases much alike are here put and determined: - I. The case of a daughter in her father's house: and some think, probably enough, that it extends to a son likewise, while he is at home with his father, and under tutors and governors. Whether the exception may thus be stretched I cannot say. Non est distinguendum, ubi lex non distinguit - We are not allowed to make distinctions…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 30:9

every vow of a widow--In the case of a married woman, who, in the event of a separation from her husband, or of his death, returned, as was not uncommon, to her father's house, a doubt might have been entertained whether she was not, as before, subject to paternal jurisdiction and obliged to act with the paternal consent. The law ordained that the vow was binding if it had been made in her husband's lifetime, and he, on being made aware of it, had not interposed his veto [Num 30:10-11]; as, for instance, she might have vowed, when not a widow, that she would assign a portion of her income to pious and charitable uses, of which she might repent when actually a widow; but by this statute she w…

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John Gill on Numbers 30:12

But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them,.... Declaring they were contrary to his mind and will, he disapproved of them, and forbid the carrying them into execution: then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand; though her husband be dead, or she be divorced from him: her husband hath made them void, and the Lord shall forgive her: she will neither incur his displeasure for not fulfilling her vow, nor have any punishment inflicted on her: the Targum of Jonathan is,"if her husband makes them void, and she knows it not and transgresses, it shall be forgiven her by the Lord.''

Dictionary and topics

Bond — 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…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Vows — 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;…
Vows · Of married women void without consent of husbands — Of married women void without consent of husbands
Wife · Vows of — Vows of
Women · Vows of — Vows of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 30:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 30:3–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 30:9

John Gill on Numbers 30:12

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 30:12

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 30:3–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 30:9

John Gill on Numbers 30:12

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 30:9–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 30:3-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 30:10-15

Rashi on Numbers 30:11