Numbers Chapter 30

Concerning a maid’s vow

30:1 AND Mosesמֹשֶׁה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” For more info click here
spoke to the chiefs of the tribes concerning the children of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
, saying, This [is] the thing which YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has commanded.
30:2 If a man vow a vow to YAHWEHלַיהוָה
Transliteration layhvâ, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond ; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
30:3 If a woman also vow a vow to YAHWEHלַיהוָה
Transliteration layhvâ, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and bind herself by a bond, [being] in her father’s house in her youth ;
30:4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond by which she has bound her soulנַפְשָׁהּ
Transliteration: nap̄šâ Meaning: her soul, herself, her life, her creature, her person, her appetite, her mind, her living being, her desire, her emotion, her passion For more info click here
, and her father shall hold his peace at her then all her vows shall stand, and every bond by which she has bound her soulנַפְשָׁהּ
Transliteration: nap̄šâ Meaning: her soul, herself, her life, her creature, her person, her appetite, her mind, her living being, her desire, her emotion, her passion For more info click here
shall stand.
30:5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he hear ; not any of her vows, or of her bonds by which she has bound her soulנַפְשָׁהּ
Transliteration: nap̄šâ Meaning: her soul, herself, her life, her creature, her person, her appetite, her mind, her living being, her desire, her emotion, her passion For more info click here
, shall stand and YAHWEHוַיהוָה
Transliteration: vayhvâ, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, by which she bound her soulנַפְשָׁהּ
Transliteration: nap̄šâ Meaning: her soul, herself, her life, her creature, her person, her appetite, her mind, her living being, her desire, her emotion, her passion For more info click here
;
30:7 And 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 by which she bound her soulנַפְשָׁהּ
Transliteration: nap̄šâ Meaning: her soul, herself, her life, her creature, her person, her appetite, her mind, her living being, her desire, her emotion, her passion For more info click here
shall stand.
30:8 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, by which she bound her soulנַפְשָׁהּ
Transliteration: nap̄šâ Meaning: her soul, herself, her life, her creature, her person, her appetite, her mind, her living being, her desire, her emotion, her passion For more info click here
, of none effect and YAHWEHוַיהוָה
Transliteration: vayhvâ, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
shall forgive her.

Vow of a widow


30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, by which they have bound their soulנַפְשָׁהּ
Transliteration: nap̄šâ Meaning: her soul, herself, her life, her creature, her person, her appetite, her mind, her living being, her desire, her emotion, her passion For more info click here
, shall stand against her.
30:10 And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soulנַפְשָׁהּ
Transliteration: nap̄šâ Meaning: her soul, herself, her life, her creature, her person, her appetite, her mind, her living being, her desire, her emotion, her passion For more info click here
by a bond with an oath ;
30:11 And her husband heard [it], and held his peace at her, [and] disallowed her not then all her vows shall stand, and every bond by which she bound her soulנַפְשָׁהּ
Transliteration: nap̄šâ Meaning: her soul, herself, her life, her creature, her person, her appetite, her mind, her living being, her desire, her emotion, her passion For more info click here
shall stand.
30:12 But if her husband has completely made them void on the day he heard [them; then] what ever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soulנַפְשָׁהּ
Transliteration: nap̄šâ Meaning: her soul, herself, her life, her creature, her person, her appetite, her mind, her living being, her desire, her emotion, her passion For more info click here
, shall not stand her husband has made them void ; and YAHWEHוַיהוָה
Transliteration: vayhvâ, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
shall forgive her.
30:13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
30:14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day ; then he establish all her vows, or all her bonds, which [are] upon her he confirms them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard [them].
30:15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he has heard [them]; then he shall bear (or take away) her iniquity.
30:16 These [are] the statutesהַחֻקִּים
Transliteration: haḥuqqîm – an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage):—appointed, bound, commandment, convenient, custom, decree(-d), due, law, measure, ordinance(-nary), portion, set time, statute, task. For more info click here
, which YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
commanded Mosesמֹשֶׁה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” For more info click here
, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, [being yet] in her youth in her father’s house.

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