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**heads** = rulers or princes.
**children** = sons.

**vow a vow.** Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ) = make a solemn promise.
**soul.** Hebrew. *nephesh* ( App-13 ), used in this chapter twelve times for the whole (responsible) person.
**break** = Hebrew profane.

**and** = or.
**bind . . . a bond.** Figure of speech *Polyptoton* = make a solemn bond.

**shall stand** = abideth firm. Compare [Genesis 23:17](../../../kjv/genesis/23/17) , [Genesis 23:20](../../../kjv/genesis/23/20) . [Psalms 19:7](../../../kjv/psalms/19/7) . [Isaiah 14:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/14/24) ; [Isaiah 40:8](../../../kjv/isaiah/40/8) . [Jeremiah 44:29](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/29) .

**her.** Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "all her", as in [Numbers 30:4](../../../kjv/numbers/30/4) .

**divorced.** Hebrew "put away [from her husband]". Compare [Leviticus 21:7](../../../kjv/leviticus/21/7) .

**hath utterly made them void.** Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ). Hebrew "a making void he hath made them void". Figure of speech well represented by the word "utterly". See note on [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) .

**altogether, &c.** Hebrew "a holding his peace, he held his peace". Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ), well translated by "altogether".

**iniquity.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the punishment occasioned by it. Hebrew. *'avah.* App-44 .

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