Numbers 30:9

But as for the vow of a widow, or of a woman divorced, whatsoever she hath bound on her soul, shall stand against her.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

In Context

8But if, on the day her husband heard, he forbade her, then shall he have made of none effect her vow that is upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she put a bond upon her soul,—and, Yahweh, will pardon her.

10But, if in the house of her husband, she vowed, or bound a bond upon her soul. with an oath;

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:7A woman that is unchaste or dishonoured, shall they not take, And a woman divorced from her husband, shall they not take,—For holy, he is unto his God.

Luke 2:37and, she, had been a widow for as long as eighty-four years,—who left not the temple, with fastings and supplications, rendering divine service night and day;—

Matthew Henry on Numbers 30:4-16

3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord , and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; 4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. 5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her… Read the whole commentary →

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