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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/30.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/30.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/30.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Now suppose a young woman makes a vow or binds herself with an impulsive pledge and later marries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/30.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“If she marries a husband, while under her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/30.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/30.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“If indeed she takes a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“However, if she happens to marry while under her vows or the impulsive statement of her lips by which she has obligated herself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/30.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220However, if she should marry while under her vows or the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“However, if she should marry while under her vows or the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“However, if she should marry while under her vows or the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“But if she marries while under her vows or if she has bound herself by a rash statement,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“If a woman marries while her vows or the rash commitment she herself made are binding,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If a woman marries while her vows or the rash commitment she herself made are binding, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"An unmarried woman might make a vow that she will do something or carelessly promise that she won't do something. When she marries,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/30.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If an unmarried woman makes a vow, whether deliberately or carelessly, or promises to abstain from something, and then marries, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/30.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"If she has a husband and she makes a vow that is binding on herself, or if she makes a hasty vow with her mouth that she pledges herself to fulfill, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/30.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"And if she marries a husband while under a vow, or she uttered anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And if she had a husband when she vowed, or uttered aught from her lips, with which she bound her soul;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips with which she has bound her soul, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And if she is having a husband, and her vows [are] on her, or a wrongful utterance [on] her lips which she has bound on her soul,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows are on her, or a wrongful utterance on her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if being she shall be to a husband, and her vows upon her, or the babbling of her lips which she bound upon her soul:<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />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: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 30:7> If she has a husband, and she has vowed anything, then, once the word has gone out of her mouth, she will have obligated her soul by an oath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/30.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />“If she marries while under a vow or under a rash pledge to which she bound herself,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If she marries, while obligated by her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And if she is given in marriage to a husband, and her vows are upon her or she has uttered anything out of her lips by which she bound herself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if she will belong to a husband and her vows are upon her or a devoted offering of her lips that she bound on herself;<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the clear utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But if she should be indeed married, and her vows be upon her according to the utterance of her lips, in respect of <i>the obligations</i> which she has contracted upon her soul;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/30-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=9319" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/30.htm">Laws Concerning Vows</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yōw (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">a woman marries</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ṯih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: lə·’îš (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5088.htm" title="5088: ū·nə·ḏā·re·hā (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3fs) -- A vow. Or neder; from nadar; a promise; also a thing promised.">while under a vow</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/4008.htm" title="4008: miḇ·ṭā (N-msc) -- Rash utterance. From bata'; a rash utterance.">rash promise</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: śə·p̄ā·ṯe·hā (N-fdc:: 3fs) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin."></a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">by which</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·šāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">she</a> <a href="/hebrew/631.htm" title="631: ’ā·sə·rāh (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To tie, bind, imprison. A primitive root; to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle.">has bound</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">herself,</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-33.htm">Matthew 5:33-37</a></span><br />Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ / But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne; / or by the earth, for it is His footstool; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/23-21.htm">Deuteronomy 23:21-23</a></span><br />If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. / But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin. / Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-4.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:4-5</a></span><br />When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow. / It is better not to vow than to make a vow and not fulfill it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-12.htm">James 5:12</a></span><br />Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/judges/11-30.htm">Judges 11:30-31</a></span><br />Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand, / then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/1-11.htm">1 Samuel 1:11</a></span><br />And she made a vow, saying, “O LORD of Hosts, if only You will look upon the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, not forgetting Your maidservant but giving her a son, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/15-4.htm">Psalm 15:4</a></span><br />who despises the vile but honors those who fear the LORD, who does not revise a costly oath,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-4.htm">Matthew 15:4-6</a></span><br />For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ / But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’ / he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-10.htm">Mark 7:10-13</a></span><br />For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ / But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God), / he is no longer permitted to do anything for his father or mother. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/24-3.htm">Genesis 24:3</a></span><br />and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/27-2.htm">Leviticus 27:2-8</a></span><br />“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons, / if the valuation concerns a male from twenty to sixty years of age, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel. / Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/23-12.htm">Acts 23:12-14</a></span><br />When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. / More than forty of them were involved in this plot. / They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/7-36.htm">1 Corinthians 7:36-38</a></span><br />However, if someone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his betrothed, and if she is beyond her youth and they ought to marry, let him do as he wishes; he is not sinning; they should get married. / But the man who is firmly established in his heart and under no constraint, with control over his will and resolve in his heart not to marry the virgin, he will do well. / So then, he who marries the virgin does well, but he who does not marry her does even better.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/28-20.htm">Genesis 28:20-22</a></span><br />Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear, / so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God. / And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/25-3.htm">1 Samuel 25:3</a></span><br />His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, with which she bound her soul;</p><p class="hdg">she vowed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/56-12.htm">Psalm 56:12</a></b></br> Thy vows <i>are</i> upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/15-30.htm">Aught</a> <a href="/numbers/30-5.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/numbers/28-5.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/numbers/30-5.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/numbers/26-11.htm">However</a> <a href="/numbers/5-31.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/numbers/16-31.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/numbers/30-5.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/numbers/12-1.htm">Married</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm">Marries</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-14.htm">Marry</a> <a href="/numbers/30-5.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/numbers/15-30.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/numbers/21-22.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Promise</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-56.htm">Rash</a> <a href="/numbers/30-5.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-5.htm">Statement</a> <a href="/numbers/28-26.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/30-4.htm">Undertaking</a> <a href="/numbers/6-2.htm">Utter</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-18.htm">Utterance</a> <a href="/numbers/24-23.htm">Uttered</a> <a href="/numbers/30-5.htm">Vow</a> <a href="/numbers/21-2.htm">Vowed</a> <a href="/numbers/30-5.htm">Vows</a> <a href="/numbers/30-5.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/4-2.htm">Aught</a> <a href="/numbers/30-7.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/numbers/30-7.htm">Herself</a> <a href="/numbers/30-10.htm">However</a> <a href="/numbers/30-9.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Makes</a> <a href="/numbers/30-9.htm">Married</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-1.htm">Marries</a> <a href="/numbers/36-3.htm">Marry</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-2.htm">Ought</a> <a href="/numbers/32-21.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Promise</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Rash</a> <a href="/numbers/30-7.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Statement</a> <a href="/numbers/30-7.htm">Time</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Undertaking</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-11.htm">Utter</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Utterance</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Uttered</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Vow</a> <a href="/numbers/30-8.htm">Vowed</a> <a href="/numbers/30-7.htm">Vows</a> <a href="/numbers/30-7.htm">Wherewith</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 30</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/30-1.htm">Vows are not to be broken</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/30-3.htm">The exceptions of a maid's vows</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/30-6.htm">Of a wife's</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/30-9.htm">Of a widow's or her that is divorced</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The cultural context of the time placed significant importance on vows, as they were seen as binding and sacred. Marriage introduced a new authority structure, where the husband had a role in overseeing the household, including spiritual commitments. This reflects the patriarchal society of ancient Israel, where the husband had the authority to confirm or annul vows made by his wife. This principle is echoed in the New Testament, where the husband is seen as the head of the wife (<a href="/ephesians/5-23.htm">Ephesians 5:23</a>).<p><b>or rash promise by which she has bound herself</b><br>A rash promise indicates a vow made impulsively or without full consideration of the consequences. The Bible often warns against making hasty vows (<a href="/ecclesiastes/5-4.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:4-5</a>). This phrase highlights the importance of thoughtful and deliberate commitments, especially those made to God. The ability of a husband to annul such vows upon marriage underscores the protective role he plays, ensuring that his wife is not bound by unwise or burdensome commitments. This can be seen as a type of Christ, who intercedes on behalf of believers, freeing them from the burdens of sin and rash commitments (<a href="/hebrews/7-25.htm">Hebrews 7:25</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/w/woman.htm">Woman</a></b><br>The subject of the verse, who has made a vow or promise.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/v/vow_or_rash_promise.htm">Vow or Rash Promise</a></b><br>A solemn pledge or commitment made by the woman, which is the focus of the regulation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/marriage.htm">Marriage</a></b><br>The event that changes the woman's circumstances, bringing her under the authority of her husband.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/h/husband.htm">Husband</a></b><br>The man who marries the woman, gaining authority over her vows.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_community.htm">Israelite Community</a></b><br>The broader context in which these laws were given, reflecting the societal norms and religious practices of ancient Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_vows.htm">The Seriousness of Vows</a></b><br>Vows are not to be taken lightly. They are commitments made before God and should be fulfilled unless released by proper authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/authority_and_responsibility.htm">Authority and Responsibility</a></b><br>The passage highlights the biblical structure of authority within the family, where the husband has a role in overseeing and potentially nullifying vows made by his wife.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/wisdom_in_making_promises.htm">Wisdom in Making Promises</a></b><br>It is wise to consider the implications and potential consequences before making vows or promises, especially those that may affect others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_marriage_in_decision-making.htm">The Role of Marriage in Decision-Making</a></b><br>Marriage introduces a new dynamic in decision-making, where mutual respect and communication are essential in handling commitments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_integrity.htm">Spiritual Integrity</a></b><br>Believers are called to live with integrity, ensuring that their words and commitments align with their faith and values.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 30</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_can_husbands_nullify_vows,_not_wives.htm">In Numbers 30:6–8, why can a husband nullify his wife’s vow while no reciprocal right is given, and does this contradict Galatians 3:28’s teaching on equality?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jacob_bargain_with_god.htm">Why does Jacob appear to 'bargain' with God, seemingly contradicting other passages that discourage testing God (Genesis 28:20-22)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_repeat_vows_for_accidental_defilement.htm">Numbers 6:9-12 -- Why would accidental defilement require repeating the entire vow and new sacrifices, suggesting a severe ritual focus that seems excessive?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_a_sacred_vow_exchangeable.htm">Leviticus 27:9-10: Why would a sacred vow be transferable or exchangeable if the offering is truly consecrated to God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/30.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">And if she had at all an husband . . . . --</span>Better, <span class= "ital">And if she should be married to a husband whilst her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul. </span>The case here contemplated appears to be that of a woman who married whilst under a vow. On the other hand the case of a woman who takes a vow after marriage is treated of further on in <a href="/context/numbers/30-10.htm" title="And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;">Numbers 30:10-13</a>. The cognate verb of the word <span class= "ital">mibta, rash utterance, </span>occurs in <a href="/leviticus/5-4.htm" title="Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.">Leviticus 5:4</a>, and seems to denote something which is uttered without reflection.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/30.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">If she had at all a husband.</span> Literally, "if being she be to an husband." Septuagint, <span class="greek">ἐὰν γενομένη γένηται ἀνδρί</span>. Case second, of a married or betrothed woman. As far as the legal status of the woman was concerned, there was little difference under Jewish law whether she were married or only betrothed. In either case she was accounted as belonging to her husband, with all that she had (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/22-23.htm">Deuteronomy 22:23, 24</a>; <a href="/matthew/1-19.htm">Matthew 1:19, 20</a>). <span class="cmt_word">When</span> <span class="cmt_word">she vowed.</span> Rather, "and her vows be upon her." Septuagint, <span class="greek">καὶ αἱ εὐχαὶ αὐτῆς ἐπ αὐτῇ</span>. The vows might have been made before her betrothal, and not disallowed by her father; yet upon her coming under the power of her husband he had an absolute right to dissolve the obligation of them; otherwise it is evident that he might suffer loss through an act of which he had no notice. <span class="cmt_word">Or</span> <span class="cmt_word">uttered ought out of her lips.</span> Rather, "or the rash utterance of her lips." The word <span class="hebrew">מִבְטָא</span>, which is not found elsewhere (cf. <a href="/psalms/106-33.htm">Psalm 106:33</a>), seems to have this meaning. Such a vow made by a young girl as would be disallowed by her husband when he knew of it would presumably be a "rash utterance." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/30-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a woman marries</span><br /><span class="heb">הָי֤וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">while under a vow</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְדָרֶ֖יהָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·ḏā·re·hā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5088.htm">Strong's 5088: </a> </span><span class="str2">A promise, a thing promised</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">א֚וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> </span><span class="str2">Desire, if</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rash promise</span><br /><span class="heb">מִבְטָ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(miḇ·ṭā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4008.htm">Strong's 4008: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rash utterance</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשָֽׁהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">has bound</span><br /><span class="heb">אָסְרָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·sə·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_631.htm">Strong's 631: </a> </span><span class="str2">To yoke, hitch, to fasten, to join battle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">herself,</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/30-6.htm">Numbers 30:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/30-6.htm">Numbers 30:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/30-6.htm">Numbers 30:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/30-6.htm">Numbers 30:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/30-6.htm">Numbers 30:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/30-6.htm">Numbers 30:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/30-6.htm">Numbers 30:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/30-6.htm">Numbers 30:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/30-6.htm">Numbers 30:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/30-6.htm">Numbers 30:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/30-6.htm">OT Law: Numbers 30:6 If she be married to a husband (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/30-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 30:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 30:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/30-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 30:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 30:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>