Numbers 30:6

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,

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 (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,

7 (30-8) The day that her husband shall hear it, and not gainsay it, she shall be bound to the vow, and shall give whatsoever she promised.

8 (30-9) But if as soon as he heareth he gainsay it, and make her promises and the words wherewith she had bound her soul of no effect: the Lord will forgive her.