Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 30:10
And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
In her husbands house, i.e. if she that now is a widow, or divorced, made that vow whilst her husband lived with her; as suppose she then vowed, that if she was a widow, she would give such a proportion of her estate to pious or charitable uses, of which vow she might repent when she came to be a widow, and might believe or pretend she was free from it, because that vow was made in her husbands lifetime, which is here granted, in case her husband then disallowed it, but denied, in case by silence or otherwise he consented to it. And thus this law is sufficiently distinguished from that above, Num 30:6-8.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And if she vowed in her husband’s house,…. Before his death, in his lifetime, or before divorced: the Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation, “and not at age for marriage”, understanding it of a betrothed, and not a married person; but Jarchi says, the Scripture speaks of a married one, which seems most likely:
or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; to fulfil her vow, to abstain from this, or to do that or the other thing.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(10) And if she vowed in her husbands house, or bound her soul . . . i.e., if she took a vow of performance or of abstinence whilst in the house of her husband.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
THE VOW OF THE WIFE, Num 30:10-16.
In this case the silence of the husband cognizant of the vow gives consent, but his immediate protest annuls the obligation.
13. To afflict the soul This was usually done by fasting. Lev 16:29, note. The Jewish teachers infer from this verse, that although the father may annul all the vows of his daughter, yet the husband only has authority over his wife’s vow to afflict her soul.
14. From day to day His power to make void his wife’s vow expired after the day that he heard it. Num 30:8.
15. He shall bear her iniquity The punishment for the broken vow of his wife. A sin offering must be presented by him to expiate her sin.
Lev 5:4-13, notes. If this is omitted he must bear the penalty.
Lev 5:1, note. “From which we learn,” says Jarchi, “that he who is the cause of offence unto his neighbour shall come in his stead unto all punishments.”
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
(iv) A vow made by a married woman without her husband’s knowledge ( Num 30:10-12 ).
Num 30:10-11
‘And if she (a woman) vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound herself shall stand.’
This case was of a married woman who made a vow without consulting her husband as the head of the household. Such a vow was always to be seen as subject to the husband’s agreement, for her fulfilling of the vow would necessarily affect the whole household. If he heard of it and allowed it by his silence then the vow continued as binding on all. She was bound by her dedicatory vow.
Num 30:12
‘But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand. Her husband has made them void, and Yahweh will forgive her.’
But if her husband disallowed the vow or vows on the day that he heard of it/them, then they ceased to be binding. Whatever she had spoken was cancelled. Her husband had made them void and Yahweh would forgive her.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Num 30:10. If she vowed in her husband’s house i.e. If she who is a widow, or divorced, did make her vow during her husband’s life, or before she was divorced. This sense, which is very natural, distinguishes this law from that in the 6th verse. The rabbis say, that if she was only betrothed, none could make her vow void, but her father and husband together.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
The special case of a married woman, in the obligations upon her soul by reason of her vows, is also particularly noticed; and it should seem, from the great attention which the law of GOD was pleased to pay to this subject, in devoting a whole chapter to the express purpose of marking out the boundaries and extent of the several obligations, that vows were common things among the children of Israel. We have an awful example to show to what a desperate degree of wickedness, in the after ages of the church, the people proceeded, in making vows to offer incense to the queen of heaven, and the LORD’S solemn determination concerning it. See Jer 44:25-26 . But there is such a thing as the gracious vows of GOD in a covenant way, resting in blessings upon his people: here they are sweet and refreshing indeed. See Psa 66:12 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Num 30:2 – to bind
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 30:10. If she vowed If she that now is a widow, or divorced, made that vow while her husband lived with her; as, suppose, she then vowed that if she was a widow she would give such a proportion of her estate to pious or charitable uses, of which vow she might repent when she came to be a widow, and might believe or pretend she was free from it, because that vow was made in her husbands lifetime: this is granted, in case her husband then disallowed it; but denied, in case, by silence, or otherwise, he consented to it.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
30:10 And if she vowed in her husband’s {h} house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
(h) Her husband being alive.