If a man. The preceding chapters had treated of sacrifices required by law; and in the laws here delivered in respect to vows must have been very useful, as they both prevented and annulled rash vows, and provided a proper sanction for the support and performance of those which were rationally made, and which were made to the Lord.
vow a vow. 21:2; Ge 28:20-22; Le 27:2-34; De 23:21,22; Jud 11:11,30,31,35,36; Jud 11:39; Ps 15:3; 56:12; 76:11; 119:106; Pr 20:25;
swear. Ex 20:7; Le 5:4; Mt 5:33,34; 14:7-9; Ac 23:12; 2Co 1:23; 9:9-11;
to bind. ver. 3,4,10; Mt 23:16,18; Ac 23:12,14,21;
break. Heb. profane. Ps 55:20;
he shall do. Job 22:27; Ps 22:25; 50:14; 66:13,14; 116:14,18; Ec 5:4,5; Na 1:15; ver. 3; ver. 2; Ho 6:6; Mt 15:4-6; Mr 7:10-13; Eph 6:1;
she vowed. Heb. her vows were upon her. Ps 56:12; ver. 7; Ge 3:16; 1Co 7:4; 14:34; Eph 5:22-24; Le 21:7; Lu 2:37; Ro 7:2; ver. 10; ver. 11;
her husband hath made. 1Co 11:3;
and the Lord. ver. 5,8; 15:25,28;
and every. 1Co 11:3,9; 1Pe 3:1-6;
to afflict. 29:7; Le 16:29; 23:27,32; Ezr 8:21; Ps 35:13; Isa 58:5; 1Co 7:5; ver. 7;
he shall bear. ver. 5,8,12; Le 5:1; Ga 3:28;
5:29,30; Le 11:46,47; 13:59; 14:54-57; 15:32,33;