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COMMENTARY ON GENESIS to the address above.
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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.
2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
Moses, even though he knows his death is imminent, still continues to be God's "mouthpiece"
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;
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.
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.
If a young lady, still subject to her parents, makes a vow she is held accountable as long as
6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
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.
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.
After the same manner, the husband may "disallow" any promise of his wife. It is his
9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
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.
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: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
Widows were bound by their promises. If the promise was made while her husband was living
13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
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.
15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
The husband's responsibility for allowing or disallowing the wife's vows is
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.
Why would God give such a law? It is important that in the family of God, His children
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for the law. Here is a lesson for us. When we become old, let not the thought of death keep
us from being a witness.
This chapter deals with "vows," or promises. According to verse two, the vows are those made
between man and God, or man and fellow man. Promises are sacred, and God wants us to
keep our word.
her father doesn't immediately speak out against it. The father is head of the household and
accountable to God for his children. Therefore, the father could "disallow" any promises
they made.
responsibility to be the guardian of her actions. This, by the way, shows why a wife
acting irresponsibly can dishonor the husban (1Corinthians 11:3-11).
and he did not disallow it, she must keep her word. Of course any vow she had made while he
was living that was disallowed by him did not have to be kept.
outlined here. If he "heard" the wife vow, and didn't disallow it, then his responsibility
was to see that the promise was kept. If he disallowed it, then he must do so before the
promises was to take effect.
have a reputation for keeping their word.
They are important enough that God would introduce a law demanding that they be kept.
Today, in our civil world, one can be sued for "breach of contract" if he/she doesn't
keep his/her word.
Today, God has only ONE plan to bring the world to know Christ - that is individual
Christian witness.
The integrity of a witness is impuned when promises are not kept.
And the integrity of the WHOLE is sometimes impuned by a FEW!
I think, following this, that James makes a very strong statement concerning this.
".. let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation."
(James 5:12)
Our daily conversation and actions ought to reflect TRUTH and INTEGRITY in all that