Passage Research
Numbers 30 — Sermon Preparation
Vows must be kept; a woman's vow may be annulled by her father or husband if he objects promptly, but a widow or divorced woman is bound by her own word. Below is a research summary for Numbers 30, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 30 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נֶדֶר | neder | H5088 | 13 | promise, thing promised |
| אֱסָר | ʼĕçâr | H632 | 11 | obligation, vow |
| אָסַר | ʼâçar | H631 | 11 | yoke, hitch |
| קוּם | qûwm | H6965 | 12 | rise |
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 12 | breathing creature, animal |
| פָּרַר | pârar | H6565 | 7 | break up, violate |
| חָרַשׁ | chârash | H2790 | 6 | scratch, engrave |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 30, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In this chapter we have a law concerning vows, which had been mentioned in the close of the foregoing chapter. I. Here is a general rule laid down that all vows must be carefully performed, ver. 1, 2. II. Some particular exceptions to this rule. 1. That the vows of daughters should not be binding unless allowed by the father, ver. 3-5. Nor, 2. The vows of wives unless allowed by the husband, ver. 6, &c. Concerning Vows. (b. c. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Numbers 30:1–30 (Public Domain)
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