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Numbers 30:8-10
New English Translation
Numbers 30:8-10
New English Translation
8 But if when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify[a] the vow she has taken,[b] and whatever she uttered impulsively that she has pledged for herself. And the Lord will release her from it.
Vows Made by Widows
9 “But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.[c] 10 If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,
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- Numbers 30:8 tn The verb is the Hiphil perfect with a vav (ו) consecutive from the verb פָּרַר (parar, “to annul”). The verb functions here as the equivalent of an imperfect tense; here it is the apodosis following the conditional clause—if this is the case, then this is what will happen.
- Numbers 30:8 tn Heb “which [she is] under it.”
- Numbers 30:9 tn The Hebrew text says her vow “shall stand against her.” In other words, she must fulfill, or bear the consequences of, whatever she vowed.
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