30:3 “If a young 2 woman who is still living 3 in her father’s house makes a vow to the Lord or places herself under an obligation,
1 sn The judgment on Israel is that they turn back to the desert and not attack the tribes in the land. So a parenthetical clause is inserted to state who was living there. They would surely block the entrance to the land from the south – unless God removed them. And he is not going to do that for Israel.
2 tn The qualification comes at the end of the verse, and simply says “in her youth.”
3 tn The Hebrew text just has “in her father’s house” and not “who is still living,” but that is the meaning of the line.