Numbers 30:2

+ 30:2. Num 30:2 (Num 30:2-16) [Heb Bible Num 30:3 (Num 30:3-17)] (#9.564): T. To keep a vow or oath made to Adonai, it shall not be unfulfilled / R. To judge in annulment of vows according to the rules in the matter found in Torah ·Teaching·. (See Num 30:3-15 [Heb Bible Num 30:4-16]) When a man vows a vow to Adonai, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, + 30:2. Num 30:2 (Num 30:1-2, 30:3-15) [Heb Bible Num 30:3 (Num 30:2-3, 30:4-16)] (#9.565): T. Not to transgress your word nor your vow / R. Not to break oaths or vows T. Directive: That is not to transgress in matters that one has forbidden himself he shall not break his word. + 30:2. Paraphrase Quoted in Matt 5:33 He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

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In The King James Version

If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

In Context

1+ 30:1 Hebrew ch 30 v. 2 Moses [Drawn out] spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel [God prevails], saying, “This is the thing which Adonai has enjoined.

3“Also when a woman vows a vow to Adonai, and binds herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

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Cross References

Genesis 28:20Jacob [Supplanter] vowed a vow, saying, “If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and clothing to put on,

Leviticus 5:4“‘Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be condemned guilty of one of these.

Numbers 21:2Israel [God prevails] vowed a vow to Adonai, and said, “If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.”

Numbers 30:10“If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,

Matthew Henry on Numbers 30:2-3

Concerning Vows. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded. 2 If a man vow a vow unto the Lord , or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. This law was delivered to the heads of the tribes that they might instruct those who were under their charge, explain the law to them, give then necessary cautions, and… Read the whole commentary →

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