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Numbers 30:8 KJV
Numbers · chapter 30 · verse 8
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.Numbers 30:8 · King James Version
Numbers 30:8 in context
6And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
7And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
8But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
9But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
10And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- disallowednûwʼto refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralizeH5106 →
- husbandʼîysha man as an individual or a male personH376 →
- utteredmibṭâʼa rash utteranceH4008 →
- effectpârarto break upH6565 →
- heardshâmaʻto hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085 →
- vowednedera promiseH5088 →
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It is here taken for granted that all such persons as are sui juris - at their own disposal, and are likewise of sound understanding and memory, are bound to perform whatever they vow that is lawful and possible; but, if the person vowing be under the dominion and at the disposal of another, the case is different.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 3-16