Matthew Poole Commentary - Numbers 30:6

Matthew Poole Commentary - Numbers 30:6 - 30:6

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Numbers 30:6 - 30:6

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30:1 - 30:1
30:2 - 30:2
30:3 - 30:3
30:4 - 30:4
30:5 - 30:5
30:6 - 30:6
30:7 - 30:7
30:8 - 30:8
30:9 - 30:9
30:10 - 30:10
30:11 - 30:11
30:12 - 30:12
30:13 - 30:13
30:14 - 30:14
30:15 - 30:15
30:16 - 30:16

An husband, to whose will and authority she was thereby made subject.

When she vowed, to wit, when she was in her father’s house, as is evident by comparing Num_30:10; and this clause seems to be added by way of exception to that which was said Num_30:3,4, to signify, that though she were in her father’s house, yet if she were married, her husband only, and not her father, could disoblige her from her vow.

Or uttered ought; either,

1. By way of vow, and so this clause explains and determines the former, i.e. if she express her vow in words. Or,

2. By way of oath, concerning which this same phrase is used Lev_5:4, and so this clause is distinct from the former, which the disjunctive particle or implies.