Numbers 30:4

4 (30-5) Whatsoever she promised and swore, she shall fulfil in deed.

Numbers 30:4 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 30:4

And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath
bound her soul
Her vow, which is binding upon her, or her vow and an oath annexed to it; which makes it still more strongly binding; and this he hears himself, or it is reported to him by others: and her father shall hold his peace at her; shall not reprove her for it, nor contradict her in it: then all her vows shall stand; be they what, or as many as they may:

and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand;
his silence being to be interpreted as approving of them, and consenting to them.

Numbers 30:4 In-Context

2 (30-3) If any man make a vow to the Lord, or bind himself by an oath: he shall not make his word void but shall fulfil all that he promised.

3 (30-4) If a woman vow any thing, and bind herself by an oath, being in her father’s house, and but yet a girl in age: if her father knew the vow that she hath promised, and the oath wherewith she hath bound her soul, and held his peace, she shall be bound by the vow:

4 (30-5) Whatsoever she promised and swore, she shall fulfil in deed.

5 (30-6) But if her father, immediately as soon as he heard it, gainsaid it, both her vows and her oaths shall be void, neither shall she be bound to what she promised, because her father hath gainsaid it.

6 (30-7) 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,