Numbers 30:10-16

THE VOW OF THE WIFE, Numbers 30:10-16.

In this case the silence of the husband cognizant of the vow gives consent, but his immediate protest annuls the obligation.

13. To afflict the soul This was usually done by fasting. Leviticus 16:29, note. The Jewish teachers infer from this verse, that although the father may annul all the vows of his daughter, yet the husband only has authority over his wife’s vow to afflict her soul.

14. From day to day His power to make void his wife’s vow expired after the day that he heard it. Numbers 30:8.

15. He shall bear her iniquity The punishment for the broken vow of his wife. A sin offering must be presented by him to expiate her sin.

Leviticus 5:4-13, notes. If this is omitted he must bear the penalty.

Leviticus 5:1, note. “From which we learn,” says Jarchi, “that he who is the cause of offence unto his neighbour shall come in his stead unto all punishments.”