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Numbers 30:5

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30:5 But if her father overrules her when he hears 1  about it, then none 2  of her vows or her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. And the Lord will release 3  her from it, because her father overruled her.

Numbers 30:8

Context
30:8 But if when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify 4  the vow she has taken, 5  and whatever she uttered impulsively which she has pledged for herself. And the Lord will release her from it.

1 tn The idiom is “in the day of,” but it is used in place of a preposition before the infinitive construct with its suffixed subjective genitive. The clause is temporal.

2 tn The Hebrew “all will not stand” is best rendered “none will stand.”

3 tn The verb has often been translated “forgive” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV, NLT), but that would suggest a sin that needed forgiving. The idea of “release from obligation” is better; the idea is like that of having a debt “forgiven” or “retired.” In other words, she is free from the vow she had made. The Lord will not hold the woman responsible to do what she vowed.

4 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.

5 tn Heb “which [she is] under it.”



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