Numbers 30:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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; ”

Numbers 30:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Being in her father’s house in her youth - It was not ordinarily until her betrothal or marriage, that the female passed (some suppose by purchase) from the power of her father to that of her hus...
Numbers 30:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Circumstances under which Vows are Binding. The vows coming under review are of two kinds: ( a) promises to give or dedicate something to Yahweh, ( b ) pledges to practise some form of abstine...
Numbers 30:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

and . or. bind... a bond. Figure of speech Polyptoton . make. solemn bond.
Numbers 30:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. If a woman also vow. He now proceeds to the point of which he proposed to treat, i.e., that vows made by persons who are not their own masters do not hold good; and he mentions two cas...
Numbers 30:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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; In her youth - That is, say the rabbins, under twelve years of age; and under thirte...
Numbers 30:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If a woman also, &c.— Two cases are next put, of persons who are under authority, and not entirely at their own disposal; and, by a very equitable law, it is determined, that their vows shall n...
Numbers 30:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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; A woman ... in her father's house in her youth. Girls only are specified; but mi...
Numbers 30:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Law of Vows This chapter deals with the subject of Vows, which is also treated in Leviticus 27 , where see notes. A vow made by a man is binding ( Numbers 30:2 ). But a woman is not considere...
Numbers 30:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If a woman also... — Four distinct cases are contemplated in the following verses in regard to vows taken by women: — (1) that of an unmarried woman, living, in her youth, in the house of her fathe...
Numbers 30:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2. THE LAW OF VOWS Numbers 30:1-16 The general command regarding vows is that whosoever binds himself by one, or takes an oath in regard to any promise, must at all hazards keep his word. A man...
Numbers 30:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this section the subject of vows was dealt with and principally those of women. A man's vow was declared to be absolutely binding. No provision was made for release. In the case of women this was...
Numbers 30:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The particular case of an unmarried woman's vow, being still under age, and under subjection to her father, is here set forth. It serves to show the spiritual, as well as natural authority of the par...
Numbers 30:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord ,.... Who has not passed thirteen years, as the Targum of Jonathan: [and] bind [herself] by a bond ; lay herself under obligation to perform her vow by an o...
Numbers 30:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

LAWS CONCERNING VOWS (vs.1-16) Under law it was permitted to the people to make vows as to what they might do in the future, for man is looked at as under probation so long as he is under law. Bu...
Numbers 30:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the L ORD , and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; 4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her...
Numbers 30:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If a woman, or a man in the same circumstances, a son or a servant, as plainly appears from hence, because the reason of this law is perfectly the same in both sexes, which is, that such persons ha...
Numbers 30:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

(i) A young unmarried woman living in her father's house ( Numbers 30:3-5 ). Numbers 30:3-4 ‘Also when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father's house, i...
Numbers 30:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES In this chapter we have regulations as to the force and obligatoriness of vows, with certain cases specified in which they ceased to be binding. Rules for the estimati...
Numbers 30:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 30:15 . He shall bear her iniquity. The Samaritan pentateuch, and the Septuagint read, Then “he shall bear his iniquity,” which conveys the just idea that by disannulling the vow, he too...
Numbers 30:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION OF VOWS MADE BY WOMEN ( Numbers 30:1-4 ). Numbers 30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes. The regulations here laid down about vows follow with a certain...
Numbers 30:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord and hind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth, and thus bound under the Fourth Commandment in its full range and compass,

Numbers 30:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 30:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 30:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 30:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 30:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 30:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 30:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 30:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 30:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 30:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann