Nombres 30:16

16 Telles sont les lois que l'Eternel prescrivit à Moïse, entre un mari et sa femme, entre un père et sa fille, lorsqu'elle est dans sa jeunesse et à la maison de son père.

Nombres 30:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 30:16

These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses between
a man and his wife
Relating to vows made by the wife, and confirmed or disannulled by the husband: Aben Ezra adds, if she is at age or in puberty, understanding it of a married and not a betrothed wife:

between the father and his daughter;
if she is not at age, as the same writer observes; for if she is at age he has nothing to do with her vows:

[being yet] in her youth;
not at age, being not twelve years and one day old:

in her father's house;
in his power and jurisdiction, and at his disposal, and so could make her vows void or firm, as he pleased: this power of ratifying or disannulling vows an husband had over his wife, and a father over his daughter, to prevent imprudent and extravagant vows, and the too frequent use of them, the consequences of which might be bad in families.

Nombres 30:16 In-Context

14 S'il garde de jour en jour le silence envers elle, il ratifie ainsi tous les voeux ou tous les engagements par lesquels elle s'est liée; il les ratifie, parce qu'il a gardé le silence envers elle le jour où il en a eu connaissance.

15 Mais s'il les annule après le jour où il en a eu connaissance, il sera coupable du péché de sa femme.

16 Telles sont les lois que l'Eternel prescrivit à Moïse, entre un mari et sa femme, entre un père et sa fille, lorsqu'elle est dans sa jeunesse et à la maison de son père.