1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And Moses H4872 (מֹשֶׁה) — Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
- spake H1696 (דָבַר) — perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
- unto the heads H7218 (רֹאשׁ) — the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
- of the tribes H4294 (מַטֶּה) — a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walkin…
- concerning the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- saying H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- the thing H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- which Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- hath commanded H6680 (צָוָה) — (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
2 When a man voweth a vow unto Jehovah, or sweareth 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- If a man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- vow H5087 (נָדַר) — to promise (pos., to do or give something to God)
- a vow H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- or swear H7650 (שָׁבַע) — to seven oneself, i.e. swear (as if by repeating a declaration seven times)
- an oath H7621 (שְׁבוּעָה) — properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
- to bind H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- his soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- with a bond H632 (אֱסָר) — an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
- he shall not break H2490 (חָלַל) — properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by a…
- his word H1697 (דָּבָר) — a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- he shall do H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- according to all that proceedeth H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- out of his mouth H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
3 Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father’s house, in her youth,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- If a woman H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
- also vow H5087 (נָדַר) — to promise (pos., to do or give something to God)
- a vow H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- and bind H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- herself by a bond H632 (אֱסָר) — an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
- in her father’s H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- in her youth H5271 (נָעוּר) — (only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
4 and her father heareth her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father holdeth his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And her father H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- hear H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- her vow H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- and her bond H632 (אֱסָר) — an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
- wherewith she hath bound H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- her soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- shall hold his peace H2790 (חָרַשׁ) — to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); he…
- at her: then all her vows H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- shall stand H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- and every bond H632 (אֱסָר) — an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and Jehovah will forgive her, because her father disallowed her.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But if her father H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- disallow H5106 (נוּא) — to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize
- her in the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- that he heareth H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- not any of her vows H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- or of her bonds H632 (אֱסָר) — an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
- wherewith she hath bound H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- her soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- shall stand H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- And Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- shall forgive H5545 (סָלַח) — to forgive
- her, because her father H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- disallowed H5106 (נוּא) — to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize
6 And if she be married to a husband, while her vows are upon her, or the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And if she had at all an husband H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- when she vowed H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- or uttered H4008 (מִבְטָא) — a rash utterance (hasty vow)
- ought out of her lips H8193 (שָׂפָה) — the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
- wherewith she bound H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- her soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
7 and her husband hear it, and hold his peace at her in the day that he heareth it; then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And her husband H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- and held his peace H2790 (חָרַשׁ) — to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); he…
- at her in the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- that he heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- then her vows H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- shall stand H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- and her bonds H632 (אֱסָר) — an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
- wherewith she bound H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- her soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
8 But if her husband disallow her in the day that he heareth it, then he shall make void her vow which is upon her, and the rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul: and Jehovah will forgive her.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But if her husband H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- disallowed H5106 (נוּא) — to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize
- her on the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- that he heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- then he shall make her vow which she vowed H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- and that which she uttered H4008 (מִבְטָא) — a rash utterance (hasty vow)
- with her lips H8193 (שָׂפָה) — the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
- wherewith she bound H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- her soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- of none effect H6565 (פָּרַר) — to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
- And Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- shall forgive H5545 (סָלַח) — to forgive
9 But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But every vow H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- of a widow H490 (אַלְמָנָה) — a widow; also a desolate place
- and of her that is divorced H1644 (גָּרַשׁ) — to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
- wherewith they have bound H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- their souls H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- shall stand H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
10 And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And if she vowed H5087 (נָדַר) — to promise (pos., to do or give something to God)
- in her husband’s H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- or bound H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- her soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- by a bond H632 (אֱסָר) — an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
- with an oath H7621 (שְׁבוּעָה) — properly, something sworn, i.e. 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And her husband H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- and held his peace H2790 (חָרַשׁ) — to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); he…
- disallowed H5106 (נוּא) — to refuse, forbid, dissuade, or neutralize
- her not: then all her vows H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- shall stand H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- and every bond H632 (אֱסָר) — an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
- wherewith she bound H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
- her soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
12 But if her husband made them null and void in the day that 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 Jehovah will forgive her.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But if her husband H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- hath utterly H6565 (פָּרַר) — to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
- made them void H6565 (פָּרַר) — to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
- on the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- he heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- whatsoever proceeded H4161 (מוֹצָא) — a going forth, i.e. (the act) an egress, or (the place) an exit; hence, a source or product; specifically, dawn, the rising of the sun (the East), exportation,…
- out of her lips H8193 (שָׂפָה) — the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
- concerning her vows H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- or concerning the bond H632 (אֱסָר) — an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
- of her soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- shall not stand H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- her husband H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- hath made them void H6565 (פָּרַר) — to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
- And Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- shall forgive H5545 (סָלַח) — to forgive
13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Every vow H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- and every binding H632 (אֱסָר) — an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
- oath H7621 (שְׁבוּעָה) — properly, something sworn, i.e. an oath
- to afflict H6031 (עָנָה) — to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
- the soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- her husband H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- may establish H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- it, or her husband H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- may make it void H6565 (פָּרַר) — to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
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 hath established them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But if her husband H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- altogether H2790 (חָרַשׁ) — to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); he…
- hold his peace H2790 (חָרַשׁ) — to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); he…
- at her from day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- to day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- then he establisheth H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- all her vows H5088 (נֶדֶר) — a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
- or all her bonds H632 (אֱסָר) — an obligation or vow (of abstinence)
- upon her: he confirmeth H6965 (קוּם) — to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- them, because he held his peace H2790 (חָרַשׁ) — to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); he…
- at her in the day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- that he heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
15 But if he shall make them null and void after that he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- But if he shall any ways H6565 (פָּרַר) — to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
- make them void H6565 (פָּרַר) — to break up (usually figuratively), i.e. to violate, frustrate
- after H310 (אַחַר) — properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
- that he hath heard H8085 (שָׁמַע) — to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
- then he shall bear H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- her iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
16 These are the statutes, which Jehovah commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father’s house.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- the statutes H2706 (חֹק) — an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
- which Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- commanded H6680 (צָוָה) — (intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- Moses H4872 (מֹשֶׁה) — Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
- between a man H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- and his wife H802 (אִשָּׁה) — a woman
- between the father H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- and his daughter H1323 (בַּת) — a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- in her youth H5271 (נָעוּר) — (only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
- in her father’s H1 (אָב) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)