Numbers 30:1

Complete Jewish Bible

Moshe told the people of Isra'el everything, just as Adonai had ordered Moshe. Haftarah Pinchas: M'lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 18:46–19:21 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Pinchas: Mattityahu (Matthew) 26:1–30; Mark 14:1–26; Luke 22:1–20; Yochanan (John) 2:13–22; 7:1–13, 37–39; 11:55–12:1; 13:1; 18:28, 39; 19:14; Acts 2:1–21; 12:3–4; 20:5–6, 16; 27:9–11; 1 Corinthians 5:6 – 8; 16:8; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 11:28 [In regular years read with Parashah 43, in leap years read separately] Then Moshe spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Isra'el. He said, "Here is what Adonai has ordered: when a man makes a vow to Adonai or formally obligates himself by swearing an oath, he is not to break his word but is to do everything he said he would do. "When a woman makes a vow to Adonai , formally obligating herself, while she is a minor living in her father's house; then, if her father has heard what she vowed or obligated herself to do and holds his peace, then all her vows remain binding — every obligation she has bound herself to will stand. But if on the day her father hears it, he expresses his disapproval, then none of her vows or obligations she has bound herself to will stand; and Adonai will forgive her, because her father expressed his disapproval. "If, having made vows or rashly committed herself to an obligation, she gets married; and her husband hears but holds his peace with her on the day he learns of it, then her vows and obligations she has bound herself to will stand. But if her husband expresses his disapproval on the day he hears it, he will void the vow which is on her and the obligation to which she has bound herself; and Adonai will forgive her. "The vow of a widow, however, or of a divorcee, including everything to which she has obligated herself, will stand against her. "If a woman vowed in her husband's house or obligated herself with an oath; and her husband heard it but held his peace with her and did not express disapproval, then all her vows and obligations will stand. But if her husband makes them null and void on the day he hears them, then whatever she said, vows or binding obligation, will not stand; her husband has voided them; and Adonai will forgive her. Her husband may let every vow and every binding obligation stand, or he may void it. But if her husband entirely holds his peace with her day after day, then he confirms all her vows and obligations; he must let them stand, because he held his peace with her on the day he heard them. If he makes them null and void after he has heard them, then he will bear the consequent guilt." These are the laws which Adonai ordered Moshe between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter, if she is a minor living in her father's house.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Moshe spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Yisra'el, saying, This is the thing which the LORD has commanded.

King James Version
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.

Lexham English Bible
Then Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes concerning the Israelites, saying, "This is the word that Yahweh commanded:

English Standard Version
Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, saying, "This is what the Lord has commanded.

New Century Version
Moses spoke with the leaders of the Israelite tribes. He told them these commands from the Lord .

New English Translation
Moses told the leaders of the tribes concerning the Israelites, "This is what the Lord has commanded:

Amplified Bible
Then Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of the Israelites, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded:

New American Standard Bible
Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the word which the LORD has commanded:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Moses also spake vnto the heads of ye tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the word which Yahweh has commanded.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses to say to Israel's tribal leaders:

Darby Translation
And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is what Jehovah hath commanded.

Easy-to-Read Version
Moses spoke with all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and told them about these commands from the Lord :

George Lamsa Translation
AND Moses spoke to the chiefs of the tribes of the children of Israel and said to them, This is the thing which the LORD has commanded:

Good News Translation
Moses gave the following instructions to the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

Christian Standard Bible®
Moses told the leaders of the Israelite tribes, “This is what the Lord has commanded:

Literal Translation
And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah has commanded:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Moses spake vnto the rulers of the trybes of the children of Israel, and saide: This is that the LORDE hath commauded:

American Standard Version
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded.

Bible in Basic English
And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses spake vnto the heades of the tribes concernyng the children of Israel, saying: This is the thyng which the Lorde hath commaunded.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.

King James Version (1611)
And Moses spake vnto the heads of the tribes, concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses spoke to the children of Israel according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.

English Revised Version
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, "This is what the LORD has commanded:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he spak to the princes of the lynagis of the sones of Israel, This is the word, which the Lord comaundide, If ony of men makith a vowe to the Lord,

Young's Literal Translation
And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, `This [is] the thing which Jehovah hath commanded:

Update Bible Version
And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This [is] the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

World English Bible
Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded.

New King James Version
Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded:

New Living Translation
Then Moses summoned the leaders of the tribes of Israel and told them, "This is what the Lord has commanded:

New Life Bible
Then Moses said to the heads of the families of the sons of Israel, "This is what the Lord has said.

New Revised Standard
Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the Israelites: This is what the Lord has commanded.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel saying: This, is the thing which Yahweh hath commanded-

Douay-Rheims Bible
(30-2) And he said to the princes of the tribes of the children of Israel: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded:

Revised Standard Version
Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, "This is what the LORD has commanded.

THE MESSAGE
Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the People of Israel: "This is what God commands: When a man makes a vow to God or binds himself by an oath to do something, he must not break his word; he must do exactly what he has said.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the word which the LORD has commanded.

Contextual Overview

¹ Moshe told the people of Isra'el everything, just as Adonai had ordered Moshe. Haftarah Pinchas: M'lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 18:46–19:21 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Pinchas: Mattityahu (Matthew) 26:1–30; Mark 14:1–26; Luke 22:1–20; Yochanan (John) 2:13–22; 7:1–13, 37–39; 11:55–12:1; 13:1; 18:28, 39; 19:14; Acts 2:1–21; 12:3–4; 20:5–6, 16; 27:9–11; 1 Corinthians 5:6 – 8; 16:8; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 11:28 [In regular years read with Parashah 43, in leap years read separately] Then Moshe spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Isra'el. He said, "Here is what Adonai has ordered: when a man makes a vow to Adonai or formally obligates himself by swearing an oath, he is not to break his word but is to do everything he said he would do. "When a woman makes a vow to Adonai , formally obligating herself, while she is a minor living in her father's house; then, if her father has heard what she vowed or obligated herself to do and holds his peace, then all her vows remain binding — every obligation she has bound herself to will stand. But if on the day her father hears it, he expresses his disapproval, then none of her vows or obligations she has bound herself to will stand; and Adonai will forgive her, because her father expressed his disapproval. "If, having made vows or rashly committed herself to an obligation, she gets married; and her husband hears but holds his peace with her on the day he learns of it, then her vows and obligations she has bound herself to will stand. But if her husband expresses his disapproval on the day he hears it, he will void the vow which is on her and the obligation to which she has bound herself; and Adonai will forgive her. "The vow of a widow, however, or of a divorcee, including everything to which she has obligated herself, will stand against her. "If a woman vowed in her husband's house or obligated herself with an oath; and her husband heard it but held his peace with her and did not express disapproval, then all her vows and obligations will stand. But if her husband makes them null and void on the day he hears them, then whatever she said, vows or binding obligation, will not stand; her husband has voided them; and Adonai will forgive her. Her husband may let every vow and every binding obligation stand, or he may void it. But if her husband entirely holds his peace with her day after day, then he confirms all her vows and obligations; he must let them stand, because he held his peace with her on the day he heard them. If he makes them null and void after he has heard them, then he will bear the consequent guilt." These are the laws which Adonai ordered Moshe between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter, if she is a minor living in her father's house. ² Moshe told the people of Isra'el everything, just as Adonai had ordered Moshe. Haftarah Pinchas: M'lakhim Alef (1 Kings) 18:46–19:21 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah Pinchas: Mattityahu (Matthew) 26:1–30; Mark 14:1–26; Luke 22:1–20; Yochanan (John) 2:13–22; 7:1–13, 37–39; 11:55–12:1; 13:1; 18:28, 39; 19:14; Acts 2:1–21; 12:3–4; 20:5–6, 16; 27:9–11; 1 Corinthians 5:6 – 8; 16:8; Messianic Jews (Hebrews) 11:28 [In regular years read with Parashah 43, in leap years read separately] Then Moshe spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Isra'el. He said, "Here is what Adonai has ordered:

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 1:4-16, Numbers 7:2, Numbers 34:17-28, Exodus 18:25, Deuteronomy 1:13-17

Cross-References

Genesis 29:31
Adonai saw that Le'ah was unloved, so he made her fertile, while Rachel remained childless.

Genesis 30:1
When Rachel saw that she was not bearing children for Ya‘akov, she envied her sister and said to Ya‘akov, "Give me children, or I will die!"

Genesis 30:3
She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah. Go, sleep with her, and let her give birth to a child that will be laid on my knees, so that through her I too can build a family."

Genesis 30:4
So she gave him Bilhah her slave-girl as his wife, and Ya‘akov went in and slept with her.

Genesis 30:8
Rachel said, "I have wrestled mightily with my sister and won," and called him Naftali [my wrestling].

Genesis 30:14
(iv) During the wheat harvest season Re'uven went and found mandrakes in the field and brought them to his mother Le'ah. Rachel said to Le'ah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes [so that I can be fertile]."

Genesis 30:16
When Ya‘akov came in from the field in the evening, Le'ah went out to meet him and said, "You have to come and sleep with me, because I've hired you with my son's mandrakes." So Ya‘akov slept with her that night.

Genesis 30:18
Le'ah said, "God has given me my hire, because I gave my slave-girl to my husband." So she called him Yissakhar [hire, reward].

Genesis 30:19
Le'ah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Ya‘akov.

Genesis 30:20
Le'ah said, "God has given me a wonderful gift. Now at last my husband will live with me, since I have borne him six sons." And she called him Z'vulun [living together].

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes,.... Or the princes of them, who could more easily be convened, and who used to meet on certain occasions, and on whom it lay to see various laws put in execution:

concerning the children of Israel; how they ought to conduct and behave in the following case, it being an affair which concerned them all:

saying, this is the thing which the Lord hath commanded; relating to vows. Aben Ezra is of opinion that this was delivered after the battle with Midian, of which there is an account in the following chapter, and is occasioned by what was said, to the tribes of Gad and Reuben,

Numbers 32:24

do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth; to which they replied,

thy servants will do as my lord commandeth; upon which the nature of a vow, and the manner of keeping it, are observed; but the occasion of it rather seems to be what is said towards the close of the foregoing chapter, Numbers 29:39, that the various sacrifices there directed were to be offered in their season, besides the vows and freewill offerings; and when these were ratified and confirmed, and when null and void, and to be fulfilled or neglected, is the principal business of this chapter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The regulations respecting vows appropriately follow those given respecting sacrifices, since a large proportion of vows would always relate to the presentation of such offerings. Rules had already been given Leviticus 27:0 for the estimation of things vowed to God. It is probable that this fresh legislation dealing especially with vows made by persons in a state of tutelage, was occasioned by some case of practical difficulty that had recently arisen; and it is addressed by Moses to “the heads of the tribes” Numbers 30:1, who would in their judicial capacity have to determine questions on these subjects.

There is no provision in the chapter for annulling vows made by boys and young men; from which it has been inferred that the vows of males were in all cases and circumstances binding.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XXX

The law concerning vows of men, 1, 2.

Of women under age, and in what cases the father may annul

them, 3-5.

The vows of a wife, and in what cases the husband may annul

them, 6-8.

The vows of a widow, or divorced woman, in what cases they may

be considered either as confirmed or annulled, 9-15.

Recapitulation of these ordinances, 16.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXX