Numbers 30:6 Explained in Context

Read It With

• Numbers 30:3–8

Read Numbers 30:6 with 30:3–8. It within “A Father or Husband May Confirm or Annul a Woman's Vow,” locates this promise inside the complete vow process; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: A young woman in her father's house and a married woman are bound if the responsible man hears and remains silent, but his prompt annulment cancels the vow and the LORD forgives her; a prior vow carries into marriage unless the husband annuls it when heard.

Why It Needs Context

Numbers 30:6 within “A Father or Husband May Confirm or Annul a Woman's Vow,” locates this promise inside the complete vow process; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul. Its responsible force depends on 30:3–8; isolated from “A Father or Husband May Confirm or Annul a Woman's Vow,” the verse's actor, action, reason, object, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.