Mínshùjì 30:3

3 Nǚzi nián yòu , hái zaì fǔ jia de shíhou , ruò xiàng Yēhéhuá xǔyuàn , yào yuē shù zìjǐ ,

Mínshùjì 30:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 30:3

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 oath: being in her father's house; unto the twelfth year, as the same Targum; that is, that is under his care, tuition, and jurisdiction, whether she literally, or properly speaking, is in the house or no at the time she vows; so Jarchi interprets it of her being in the power of her father, though not in his house, she being not at age to be at her own disposal, but at his: wherefore it is added,

in her youth;
which, as the same writer explains it, signifies that she is

``neither a little one, nor at age; for a little one's vow is no vow, and one at age is not in the power of her father to make void her vow: who is a little one? our Rabbins say, one of eleven years of age and one day, her vows are examined, whether she knows on whose account she vows and consecrates, or devotes anything; one vows a vow that is twelve years and one day old, there is no need to examine them.''

He seems to refer to a passage in the Misnah ^F20,

``a daughter of eleven years and one day, her vows are examined; a daughter of twelve years and one day, her vows are firm, but they are to be examined through the whole twelfth year.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 Niddah, c. 5. sect. 6.

Mínshùjì 30:3 In-Context

1 Móxī xiǎoyù Yǐsèliè gè zhīpaì de shǒulǐng shuō , Yēhéhuá suǒ fēnfu de nǎi shì zhèyàng ,

2 Rén ruò xiàng Yēhéhuá xǔyuàn huò qǐshì , yào yuē shù zìjǐ , jiù bùkĕ shí yán , bìyào àn kǒu zhōng suǒ chū de yīqiè huà xíng .

3 Nǚzi nián yòu , hái zaì fǔ jia de shíhou , ruò xiàng Yēhéhuá xǔyuàn , yào yuē shù zìjǐ ,

4 Tā fùqin yĕ tīngjian tā suǒ xǔ de yuàn bìng yuē shù zìjǐ de huà , què xiàng tā mò mò bú yán , tā suǒ xǔ de yuàn bìng yuē shù zìjǐ de huà jiù dōu yào wéi déng .

5 Dàn tā fùqin tīngjian de rìzi ruò bú yìng chéng tā suǒ xǔ de yuàn hé yuē shù zìjǐ de huà , jiù dōu bùdé wéi déng . Yēhéhuá yĕ bì shèmiǎn tā , yīnwei tā fùqin bú yìng chéng .