Numbers 30:9

A widow, and a woman forsaken of her husband, shall yield, whatever thing they avow. (Regarding a widow, or a woman forsaken by her husband, both shall yield whatever thing they have vowed.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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 the husband heareth it, and anon against-saith ( it), and maketh void all her promises, and (the) words by which she bound her soul, the Lord shall be merciful to her. (But if her husband heareth of it, and at once saith against it, and maketh void all of her promises, or the words with which she bound her soul, then the Lord shall be merciful to her.)

10When a wife in her husband’s house bindeth herself by a vow, and an oath (or with an oath),

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Cross References

Leviticus 21:7A priest shall not wed (for) a wife a corrupt woman, and a foul whore, neither he shall wed her that is forsaken of the husband, for he is hallowed to his God, (A priest shall not wed for a wife any corrupt woman, or a foul whore, nor shall he wed she who is forsaken by her husband, for he is holy to his God,)

Luke 2:37And this (woman) was a widow to fourscore years and four; and she departed not from the temple, but served God night and day in fastings and prayers.

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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