Numbers 30:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And if she had at all an husband.... — Better, And if she should be married to a husband whilst her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul. The case here contemplated appears to be that of a woman who married whilst under a vow. On the other hand the case of a woman who takes a vow after marriage is treated of further on in Numbers 30:10-13. The cognate verb of the word mibta, rash utterance, occurs in Leviticus 5:4, and seems to denote something which is uttered without reflection.

Numbers 30:6

6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed,b or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;