And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded. Ver. 1. _And Moses spake unto the heads._] Because they were in place of judicature, and had power either to bind men to their vows or set them at liberty.... [ Continue Reading ]
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. Ver. 2. _If a man vow a vow unto the Lord._] God is the proper object of a vow. Psa 76:11 Papists vow to saints, both themselv... [ Continue Reading ]
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 stand. Ver. 4. _And her father shall hold his peace._] _Qui tacet, consentire videtur,_ a ru... [ Continue Reading ]
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. Ver. 5. _But if her father disallow her._] Those that vow monastical obedience renounce... [ Continue Reading ]
_And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;_ Ver. 6. _And if she had at all a husband._] Hannah's vow 1Sa 1:11 was made either by the consent of her husband, or else by peculiar instinct from God.... [ Continue Reading ]
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. Ver. 13. _To afflict her soul._] This is one instance of what she may vow. She may curb wanton flesh from the use of things lawful in themselves, but harmful to her, and that by a v... [ Continue Reading ]