offering. ; 29 Theſe things ye ſhall || do unto the LORD, in our ſet feaſts, beſides your * vows, and your free-wi'l- offerings », for your burnt offerings, and for your meat- offerings, and for your drink-offerings, and for your peace-offerings. » Your ordinary ſacrifices ſhall not bz emitted becauſe of the extraordinary, which ye offer on ſpecial occaſions. : 40 And Moſes toid the children of Iſrael according to all that the LORD commanded Moles. CHAP.XXxX
Fows not to be broke : If a man wow, he muſt perform, 1, 2. If a daughter living with ag? pr vows, and he dil[approves thereof, jhe 1s free,
0” ſhe us free, 6==8, Awidow or divorced woman's vow binding, 9. but not thoſe of a married woman, unleſs her husband conſent or be ſilent,
—15.
A N D Moſes ſpake unto the heads of the tribes s, concerniag the children of Iſrael, ſaying, This zs
the thing which che LORD hath commanded.
a The chiefRulers of each Tribe, who were to cummunicate it to the reſt, 2 If a man b vowavowc unto the LORD 4, or
ſwear an oath e to bind his Soul with a bond f, he ſhall
[not | break his word g : he ſhall do according to all that
proceedeth out of his own mouth 6.
b Which notes both the Sex, as appears by ver. 3. and the Age, that he be grown up, for none can be ſo weak as to think the vow of a youny Child wou'd bind it. «c 7.e. A ſimple vow to do ſome- thing tble and lawfui. 4d To the Honour and Service of God. e Confirm his Vow by an Oath. f To reſtrain himſelf from ſome- thing otherwiſe lawful, as ſuppoſe from ſuch a ſort of Meat or Drink ; or to oblige himſelf to the performance of ſomething other- wiſe not neceſſary, as to obſerve a private day of faſting. g Heb. no: pollute, or prophane his word, as the ſame phraſe 15s uſed, Pſal. 55. 20. and 89. 34+ 7z.e. not render his word, and conſequently himſelf prophane, or vile and contemptible in the eyes of others. hþ And that withoat delay, Devr. 23.21. Eccleſ. 5. 4. provided the thing be not unlawful and forbidden by. God, A#s. 23. 14. for it is an idle conceit that a man can give away Gods Right, or that he can make void Gods Commands by his own vows, which was the dotage of the Phariſees, Mark 6. 23, 26
If a woman # alſo vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind her ſelf by a bond, being in her fathers houſe &, in her youth / :
i; Or a man in the ſame circumſtances, a ſon or a ſervant, as plainly appears from hence, becauſe the reaſon of this Law is perfe- Qly theſame in both Sexes, which is, that ſuch perſons have given away what was not their own, but anothers, even their ſuperiours righc, which is againſt the Rule and Law of Natural Reaton, and againſt the Word ef God, which binds all perſons ro give to every one their due. He inſtanceth only in the Woman, becauſe that Sex IS both by Creation and Sin put into a ſtate of ſubjeQionr, but under the chief and moſt unqueſtionable kind all other SubjeQs in like circumſtances are comprehended, as is very uſual. k(7z.e.) Under his Care, Power, and Government which ſhe is, whilſt ſhe conrinues in her Fathers Houſe, being a Virgin, as appears by the oppoſition of a married Woman, v. 6.and of a Widew, and Divorced Woman, V. 9. and by this Phraſe of being in her Fathers Houſs, for when ſhe marries, ſhe is removed into her Husbands Houſe, Ruth 1,9. Or, being 7n, or of her Fathers Family, the word Hſe being commonly uſed for Family, for when ſhe marries. ſhe is tranſlated and removed into another Family. /When not only her Sex, but her Age diten-
ables her for vowing ; and this clauſe is added not by way of reſtri- Qion, as.if Virgins 1n their riper years were freed from their Parents juriſdi&ion, and at their own diſpoſal, ( which undoubtedly they are not -) but by way of addition, or amplification, q. 4. eſpecially { which particle is here to be underſtood, ſuch def-&s of particles being frequent in the Hebrew Tongue ) im her Youth, which is commonly reckoned about her Twelfth or Thirt:ench year.
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 Rand « ;
NUMBE R Ss.
|
—_—
5. If a married woman voweth, and her husband diſapproves .
Chap.
» Under which Title ſeem-to be comprehended, as in other places of Scripture, Maſters, Magiſtrates, and all other ſuperiours, in ſuch caſes wherein their right is given away by the inferior's vow ; as for-inſtance, when a Servant yows ta goa long journey for his Friend, and his Maſter will not permit him to do ſe ; but not in other cafes; as ifa Servant vows to do ſomething for another in that time which his Maſter alloweth to his own uſe and diſpoſal, in this caſe his vow binds him, but not in the former. » His ſilence being an interpretative conſent, and much more if he declares his approbation of it. 0 7. e. Beeſtabliſhed, or confirmed, or be in force.
5 But if her facher diſallow her in the day that h heareth p; not any of her vows, or ofher bonds, where- with ſhe hath bound her ſoul, ſhall ſtand : and the LORD ſhall forgive her q, becauſe her father diſallowed her.
? 7. e. Speedily, or without delay, allowing cnly neceſſary and convenient time for deliberation. And it 1s hereby intimared, that the day or time he had for difallowing her vow,was not to be reckoned from her vowing, but from his hearing, or knowledge of her vow. q Or will forgive either her raſhneſs of making ſuch vows, or rather her not performing of it. But this is to be underſtood only of iuch vows which could not be performed withour invading the Fathers, or Superiours right ; for if one ſhould vow to forbear ſuch, or ſuch a fin, and all unneceflary oecaſions or means leading ro it, and. to perform ſuch, or ſuch duties, when he had opportunity, no Father nor Superiour can diſcharge him from ſuch vows.
6 And- if ſhe had at all an husband » when + ſhe vowed s, or uttered ought out of her lips :, wherewith ſhe bound her ſoul ; is
r To whoſe Will and Authority ſhe was thereby made ſubje&. 5 To wit, when ſhe was in her Fathers houſe, as is evident by com
paring v. 10. and this clauſe ſeems to be added by way of exception to that which was ſaid, wv. 3,