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 stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
father	אָבִ֣יהָ 'a.Vi.ha	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
disallow	הֵנִ֨יא he.Ni'	H5106	to refuse · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
day	בְּי֣וֹם be.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
heareth	שָׁמְעוֹ֒ sha.me.'O	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
vows	נְדָרֶ֗יהָ ne.da.Rei.ha	H5088	a promise (to God) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
bonds	וֶֽאֱסָרֶ֛יהָ ve.'e.sa.Rei.ha	H632	an obligation or vow (of abstinence) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
bound	אָסְרָ֥ה 'a.se.Rah	H631	to yoke or hitch · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
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
LORD	וַֽיהוָה֙ va.Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · conjunction + proper noun, a title
forgive	יִֽסְלַח yis.lach-	H5545	to forgive · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
father	אָבִ֖יהָ 'a.Vi.ha	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
disallowed	הֵנִ֥יא he.Ni'	H5106	to refuse · verb, hiphil perfect, 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

Matthew 15:4-6 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Mark 7:10-13 For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
Ephesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
Hosea 6:6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

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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 30:3

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth--Girls only are specified; but minors of the other sex, who resided under the parental roof, were included, according to Jewish writers, who also consider the name "father" as comprehending all guardians of youth. We are also told that the age at which young people were deemed capable of vowing was thirteen for boys and twelve for girls. The judgment of a father or guardian on the vow of any under his charge might be given either by an expressed approval or by silence, which was to be construed as approval. But in the case of a husband who, after silence from day to day, should ultim…

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John Gill on Numbers 30:5

But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth,.... Disapproves of her vow, and expresses his dislike of it, and declares it null and void; which, if done at all, is to be done on the same day he hears it, and not on another day, as Aben Ezra observes; not the day following, and much less on a third or fourth day, &c. and it might be done on a sabbath day (u): not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she bound her soul, shall stand; but become null and void, she being at the control of her father, and having nothing in her own power, and at her own disposal, to vow or consecrate, but wholly in the power and at the disposal of her father: and the Lord shall forgive her; th…

Dictionary and topics

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 children void without the consent of parents — Of children void without the consent of parents
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 30:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 30:3–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 30:3

John Gill on Numbers 30:5

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 30:5

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 30:3–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 30:3

John Gill on Numbers 30:5

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 30:5-8

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 30:3-15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 30:3-5

Rashi on Numbers 30:4