📖 Numbers — Chapter 30 (KJV)
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Numbers 30:1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
Numbers 30:2 If a man Rvow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not Tbreak his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Numbers 30:3 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;
Numbers 30:4 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.
Numbers 30:5 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 father disallowed her.
Numbers 30:6 And if she had at all an husband, when RTshe vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
Numbers 30:7 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.
Numbers 30:8 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.
Numbers 30:9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
Numbers 30:10 And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
Numbers 30:11 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.
Numbers 30:12 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: Rher husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
Numbers 30:13 Every vow, Rand every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
Numbers 30:14 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.
Numbers 30:15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then Rhe shall bear her iniquity.
Numbers 30:16 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.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 30:1–5 — Keeping a Vow and a Father's Response
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
A person making the stated vow or oath must not break his word. For a daughter in her father's house in her youth, the passage gives particular rules: her vow stands if he holds his peace, or is disallowed if he objects on the day he hears it. These are the family-vow rules recorded here.
Key Truth: The law treats vows seriously and states the authority applying to the case it describes.
Check What You Remember
1. Was a man permitted to break the vowed word in verse 2? (Numbers 30:2)
Find it in Numbers 30:2 (KJV).
2. In whose house was the young daughter described? (Numbers 30:3)
Find it in Numbers 30:3 (KJV).
3. Did her vow stand if her father held his peace? (Numbers 30:4)
Find it in Numbers 30:4 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 30:6–12 — Marriage, Widowhood, and Vows
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The passage sets out how a husband's response on hearing the vow affects it. It expressly states that a widow's or divorced woman's vow stands against her. The cases include the husband's silence, disallowance, and the LORD's forgiveness under the stated conditions.
Key Truth: The chapter distinguishes the family circumstances in which a vow is made.
Check What You Remember
1. Did a widow's vow stand against her? (Numbers 30:9)
Find it in Numbers 30:9 (KJV).
2. Did a divorced woman's vow stand against her? (Numbers 30:9)
Find it in Numbers 30:9 (KJV).
3. Who grants the forgiveness named in verse 12? (Numbers 30:12)
Find it in Numbers 30:12 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Numbers 30:13–16 — Confirmation and Responsibility
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
A husband's continued silence confirms the vows described. If he later makes them void after hearing, the text says he bears her iniquity. The chapter closes by identifying these as the LORD's statutes given through Moses concerning the stated household relationships.
Key Truth: The passage assigns responsibility for the responses to the vows it describes.
Check What You Remember
1. What did continued silence do to these vows? (Numbers 30:14)
Find it in Numbers 30:14 (KJV).
2. Who bore the iniquity when he later made them void? (Numbers 30:15)
Find it in Numbers 30:15 (KJV).
3. Through whom were these statutes commanded? (Numbers 30:16)
Find it in Numbers 30:16 (KJV).
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How does a man’s vow bind speech to action?
2. How does a father’s response on hearing his young daughter’s vow affect it?
3. How do widowhood and divorce differ from the hearing-and-disallowance cases?
4. How does continued silence acquire confirming force?
5. How does later annulment differ from disallowance on the hearing day?
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