Numbers 30:6

6 If she marries while her solemn promise is in effect or makes a statement by which she binds herself,

Numbers 30:6 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 30:6

And if she had at all an husband with whom she vowed
Or "when her vows were upon her" ^F23, was either betrothed or married to a man:

or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
uttered anything, either with or without premeditation, either with thought and deliberation, or rashly and imprudently, as the word signifies, yet in such a manner that it was binding upon her.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (hyle hyrdnw)

Numbers 30:6 In-Context

4 and her father hears her solemn promise or her binding obligation for herself and keeps silent—then all her solemn promises and any of her binding obligations for herself will stand.

5 But if her father expresses disapproval to her on the day that he hears her, none of her solemn promises nor any of her binding obligations for herself will stand. The LORD will forgive her, because her father expressed disapproval to her.

6 If she marries while her solemn promise is in effect or makes a statement by which she binds herself,

7 and her husband hears it and on the day he hears it keeps silent—her solemn promises will stand as well as her binding obligations for herself.

8 But if on the day that her husband hears it he expresses disapproval to her, he can break her solemn promise and the statement by which she bound herself. Then the LORD will forgive her.