Numbers 30:15

15 If, however, he nullifies them some time after he hears about them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.”

Numbers 30:15 in Other Translations

15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

15 But if he makes them null and void after he has heard of them, then he shall bear her iniquity."

15 If he waits more than a day and then tries to nullify a vow or pledge, he will be punished for her guilt.”

15 If, however, he cancels them sometime after he hears of them, he takes her guilt on himself."

15 But if he cancels them after he hears [about them], he will be responsible for her commitment."

Numbers 30:15 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 30:15

But if he shall any ways make them void, after that he hath
heard them
Some way or other expressing his dislike of them; not at the time he heard them, but some time afterwards; one day after, as the Targum of Jonathan:

then he shall bear his iniquity:
be accountable for the breach of the vow, the sin shall be reckoned to him, and he shall bear the punishment of it, because he ought to have declared is disapprobation of it sooner; and it may be, his doing it when he did was only in a spirit of contradiction, or through covetousness; and it would have been more advisable to have let the vow stand, and therefore acted a criminal part, and so was answerable for it; the Targum of Jonathan explains it,

``her husband or her father shall bear her iniquity,''

supposing her not to be at age: Aben Ezra gives the reason of it, because she is in his power.

Numbers 30:15 In-Context

13 Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

14 But if her husband says nothing to her about it from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or the pledges binding on her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears about them.

15 If, however, he nullifies them some time after he hears about them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.”

16 These are the regulations the LORD gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and his young daughter still living at home.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 5