her Fathers houſe, yet if ſhe were married, her Husband only, and not her Father, could difoblige her from her vow, 7 Either 1. By way of vow, and fo thisclauſe explains and determines the former, 7.e.1f ſhe expreſs her vow in words.Or 2.By way of Oith,concerning which this ſame phraſe is uſed Lev. 5. 4. and ſo this clauſe is diftin& from the former, which the disjunQtive particle, or, implies,
7 And her husband heard zr, and held his peace at her in theday that he heard zt: then her vows ſhall ftandg and her bonds, wherewich ſhe bound her ſoul, ſhall ſtand.
8 But if her husband diſallow her, on the day that he heard zr, then he ſhall make her vow which ſhe vow- ed, and that which the uttered with her lips, wherewith ſhe bound her ſoul, of none effet, andthe LORD ſhall forgive her.
9 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is di- vorced «, wherewith they have bound their ſouls, ſhal ſtand againſt her.
z Though ſhe be in her Fathers houſe, whether ſuch perſons oft returned : which limitation may be gathered both from the OpPo= ſitionof her being in her Husbands houſe, Verſe 10. and from hence, that this was the only doubtfal caſe, for if fuch a perſon was not in her Father's houſe, ſhe was unqueſtionably bound by it, but being now freed from her Husband, and returned to her Father, ir wag doubtful whether ſhe was notreturned to the ſame ſtate of ſubje&ion in which ſhe was before, and conſequently unable to make or perform 2 vow without her Fathers conſent, as ſhe was before, which 1s here denied.
io And if ſhe vowed in her husbands houſe x, or bound her foul by a boxd with an oath;
x 7, e, If ſhe that now is a Widaw, or Divorced, made that vow whileſt her Husband lived with her ; as ſuppoſe ſhe then vowed, that if ſhe was a Widow ſhe would give ſuch a proportion of her eſtats 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 ir, becauſe that vow was made in her Husbands life time, which is here granted, in caſe her Husband then diſallowed ir, bur denied, in caſe by ſilence, or otherwiſe he conſented to it. And thus this Law 1s ſufficiently diſtinguiſhed from that above, v.6, 7,8.
11 And her husband heard zr, andheld his peace at her, and diſallowed her not: then all her vows ſhall ſtand,ard every bond, wherewith ſhe bound her ſoul, ſhall ſtand.
12 Burt ifher husband hath uttterly made them yoid 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 fhall forgive her.
13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflit the ſoul y, her husband may eftabliſhit, or her husband may make ir void.
3 2, e, Her ſelf by faſting, which oft goes under that name, as Lev. 16. 29, 31. and 23, 27,32. 1/4. 58. 5. by watching, or the like. And theſe words are added not for limitation, for it is manifeſt fronx v. 5. 8, 10, 12. tharthe power of Parents and Husbands was more general and large, but for amplification, to ſhew that the Husband had this power nor only in thoſe yows which concerned himſelf for his eſtate, bur aiſo in rhoſe which might ſeem only to concera hee own Perſon, or Bedy. And the reaſon hereof is, becauſe rhe Wives perſon or body being the Husbands right, ſhe might not da any thing to the injury of her body without his conſent.
14 But if herhusband altogether hold his peace at her, from day to day, then he eſtabliſherh all her vows, or all her bonds which are upon her : he confirmeth them, — he held his peace ather, in the day that he heard them. |
15 Butif he ſhall any ways make them void after that he hath heard thems z, then he ſhall bear her Iniquity F.
z And approved them by his ſilence from day to day, ifnow aftes .that time fſpent, hs ſhall upon further thoughts diſlike and hinder 2D; it,
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7 Heb. Her vows were vp
4 to ſignifie, that though ſhe were in
| | 5, which he onght hot to do. + Her non-perſormance of her vow
ſhall be imputed to him, not to her. - 16 Thefe are the ſtatutes which the LORD command-
ed Moſes,hetween aman and his wife.between the father & his daughter;being yet in her youth in herfathers houſe. Sn. CHAP: KAXL God commands Moſes, before he die, to avenge Ilrael of the Midianites, 1, 2. he” chooſes 12000 men ;_ and: Phinehas : The Kings of Midian and Balaam ſlain, 3 6. Their Women and Cattel taken : and Cities burnt : they bring the. ſpoil to Moſes and Eleazar, 1-12. Moſes is wroth with the Officers for ſaving the Women alive : commands them to kill every Male-child and Woman that had known man. : the reſt ſaved alive: and to purifierhemſthues and the captives, 13—24. ALaw for dividing the Booty : executed; and the ſum of the Booty, 2 5==40. The Tribute-offering of the Lord given te the Prieſts. and Levites, 41 ———47. The Captains make an Offering to the Lord : which is laid up inthe Tabernacle for a' Memorial, 48 54. ; A N. D- the LORD ſpake unto Moſes, ſaying, 2: * Avenge thechildren of Iſrael of the Midianites :
a afterwards ſhalt thon *be gathered unto thy people. « For their malicious deſigns and praQtices againſt rel, both by hiring Balazm to curſe them, and by ſending their Womea to in- ſnare them. | The Moabites alſo were guilty, but God out of his ow good pleaſure, and in kindneſs to Lot, was pleaſed to ſpare them, .the rather, becauſe the meaſure of their Iniquity was mot yet full. 3 And Moſes ſpake unto the people,ſaying, Arm ſome of your ſelves unto the war, and let them go againft the Midianites, and avenge the LORD b of Midian.
b For the affront and injury which they offered to God, partly by
their own Idolatry and lewdnefs, and partly by ſeducing Gods people-
into R-bellion againſt him. Gods great care was to avenge the 1jrae- lites, v. x. and Moſes his chief deſire was to avenge God rather than himfelfor the people. Withal he doth hereby infinuate, that God and' his people have the ſamecauſe, the ſame Friends and Enemies.
4 + Of every tribe a thouſand, threughout all the
| _ f tribes of Krael, ſhall ye ſend to the war. | thouſand of
5 So there were delivered out of the thouſands of Ifract, a thouſand of every tribe c, twelve thouſand
armed for war.