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And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
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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.
If a man: The preceding chapters had treated of sacrifices required by law; and in the laws here delivered in respect to vows must have been very useful, as they both prevented and annulled rash vows, and provided a proper sanction for the support and performance of those which were rationally made, and which were made to the Lord.
vow a vow: Numbers 21:2, Genesis 28:20-22, Leviticus 27:2-34, Deuteronomy 23:21, Deuteronomy 23:22, Judges 11:11, Judges 11:30, Judges 11:31, Judges 11:35, Judges 11:36, Judges 11:39, Psalms 15:3, Psalms 56:12, Psalms 76:11, Psalms 119:106, Proverbs 20:25
swear: Exodus 20:7, Leviticus 5:4, Matthew 5:33, Matthew 5:34, Matthew 14:7-9, Acts 23:12, 2 Corinthians 1:23, 2 Corinthians 9:9-11
to bind: Numbers 30:3, Numbers 30:4, Numbers 30:10, Matthew 23:16, Matthew 23:18,*Gr: Acts 23:12, Acts 23:14, Acts 23:21
break: Heb. profane, Psalms 55:20,*marg.
he shall do: Job 22:27, Psalms 22:25, Psalms 50:14, Psalms 66:13, Psalms 66:14, Psalms 116:14, Psalms 116:18, Ecclesiastes 5:4, Ecclesiastes 5:5, Nahum 1:15
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 23:23 - That which Joshua 2:17 - General Ecclesiastes 5:2 - not rash Jeremiah 44:17 - whatsoever Ezekiel 17:16 - whose oath Acts 5:3 - to keep
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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;
Reciprocal: Numbers 30:2 - to bind 1 Samuel 1:11 - vowed 1 Corinthians 14:34 - as
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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.
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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 father disallowed her.
Hosea 6:6, Matthew 15:4-6, Mark 7:10-13, Ephesians 6:1
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:8 - clear Numbers 30:12 - and the Lord Numbers 30:15 - he shall bear Matthew 14:9 - the oath's
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And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
she vowed: Heb. her vows were upon her, Psalms 56:12
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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 wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:16 - rule Numbers 30:14 - General 1 Samuel 1:23 - Do what Romans 7:2 - the woman
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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, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
Genesis 3:16, 1 Corinthians 7:4, 1 Corinthians 14:34, Ephesians 5:22-24
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:8 - clear Numbers 30:12 - and the Lord Numbers 30:15 - he shall bear Psalms 66:14 - mouth Romans 7:2 - the woman Galatians 3:17 - none
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But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
Leviticus 21:7, Luke 2:37, Romans 7:2
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 24:2 - she may go
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And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
Reciprocal: Numbers 30:2 - to bind
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And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
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But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
her husband hath made: 1 Corinthians 11:3
and the Lord: Numbers 30:5, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 15:25, Numbers 15:28
Reciprocal: Numbers 30:15 - he shall bear Psalms 66:14 - mouth Jeremiah 44:17 - whatsoever Romans 4:14 - made
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Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
and every: 1 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Corinthians 11:9, 1 Peter 3:1-6
to afflict: Numbers 29:7, Leviticus 16:29, Leviticus 23:27, Leviticus 23:32, Ezra 8:21, Psalms 35:13, Isaiah 58:5, 1 Corinthians 7:5
Reciprocal: Genesis 3:16 - rule
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But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
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But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
he shall bear: Numbers 30:5, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:12, Leviticus 5:1, Galatians 3:28
Reciprocal: Romans 4:14 - made
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These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.
Numbers 5:29, Numbers 5:30, Leviticus 11:46, Leviticus 11:47, Leviticus 13:59, Leviticus 14:54-57, Leviticus 15:32, Leviticus 15:33
Reciprocal: Numbers 31:21 - General