Bilangan 30:6

Vows Made by Married Women

30:6 “And if she marries a husband while under a vow, ¹  or she uttered ²  anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself,

Bilangan 32:9

32:9 When ³  they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter ⁴  the land that the Lord had given ⁵  them.

[30:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and her vows are upon her.” It may be that the woman gets married while her vows are still unfulfilled.

[30:6]  ² tn The Hebrew text indicates that this would be some impetuous vow that she uttered with her lips, a vow that her husband, whether new or existing, would not approve of. Several translate it “a binding obligation rashly uttered.”

[32:9]  ³ tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the parallel yet chronologically later verb in the next clause.

[32:9]  ⁴ tn The infinitive construct here with lamed (ל) is functioning as a result clause.

[32:9]  ⁵ tn The Lord had not given it yet, but was going to give it. Hence, the perfect should be classified as a perfect of resolve.