Numbers 30:13
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Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.
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The rules by which vows were to be legally regulated, so far as their objects and their discharge were concerned, has been already laid down in Lev; but the chapter before us contains instructions with reference to the force of vows and renunciations. These are so far in place in connection with the general rules of sacrifice, that vows related for the most part to the presentation of sacrifices; and even vows of renunciation partook of the character of worship. The instructions in question were addressed (Num 30:1) to "the heads of the tribes," because they entered into the sphere of civil rights, namely, into that of family life.
Open source ↗In this chapter we have a law concerning vows, which had been mentioned in the close of the foregoing chapter. I. Here is a general rule laid down that all vows must be carefully performed (Num 30:1, Num 30:2). II. Some particular exceptions to this rule. 1. That the vows of daughters should not be binding unless allowed by the father (Num 30:3-5). Nor, 2. The vows of wives unless allowed by the husband (Num 30:6, etc.).
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But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work.
And there by the Ahava Canal I proclaimed a fast, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask Him for a safe journey for us and our children, with all our possessions.
This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you—
Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.
Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?
“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present an offering made by fire to the LORD.
It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”
Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.