John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 6. And if she had at all an husband with whom she vowed , etc.] Or “when her vows were upon her” f449 , was either betrothed or married to a man: or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul ; uttered anything, either with or without premeditation, either with thought and deliberation, or rashly and imprudently, as the word signifies, yet in such a manner that it was binding upon her.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 3-16 - Two cases of vows are determined. The case of a daughter in he father's house. When her vow comes to his knowledge, it is in his powe either to confirm it or do it away. The law is plain in the case of wife. If her husband allows her vow, though only by silence, it stands If he disallows it, her obligation to her husband takes place of it for to him she ought to be in subjection, as unto the Lord. The Divin law consults the good order of families. It is fit that every ma should bear rule in his own house, and have his wife and children i subjection; rather than that this great rule should be broken, or an encouragement be given to inferior relations to break those bond asunder, God releases the obligation even of a solemn vow. So much doe religion secure the welfare of all societies; and in it the families of the earth have a blessing _________________________________________________
Original Hebrew ואם518 היו1961 תהיה1961 לאישׁ376 ונדריה5088 עליה5921 או176 מבטא4008 שׂפתיה8193 אשׁר834 אסרה631 על5921 נפשׁה׃5315
