Bible Strands
Numbers 30:6
If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses delivers this instruction to the Israelite assembly concerning vow regulations. The verse appears within a legal sequence that determines how a woman's marital status shifts authority over her personal commitments.
The words — תִֽהְיֶה לְ/אִ֔ישׁ (tih.Yeh le./'Ish) literally translates to "she will belong to a husband." It marks the conditional transition from paternal oversight to spousal jurisdiction regarding vows.
The thread — The mechanism of vows resting upon an individual recurs in Psalms 56:12, where the psalmist acknowledges vows placed upon them before God.
Why it lands — The text states that marriage transfers the legal right to uphold or annul a woman's vows to her husband. It requires the reader to identify the procedural boundary where personal vows become subject to spousal authority rather than remaining solely between the woman and God.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
Cross-references
- Psalms 56:12 Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You.