Numbers 30:16 (BSB)

These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.

From Numbers 30. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Numbers 30:16

  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Numbers 30:3-16: It is here taken for granted that all such persons as are sui juris - at their own disposal, and are likewise of sound understanding and memory, are bound to perform whatever they vow that is lawful and possible; but, if the person vowing be under the dominion and at the disposal of another, the case is different. Two cases much alike are here put and determined: - I.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Numbers 30:16: These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses between a man and his wife,.... Relating to vows made by the wife, and confirmed or disannulled by the husband: Aben Ezra adds, if she is at age or in puberty, understanding it of a married and not a betrothed wife: between the father and his daughter; if she is not at age, as the same...