Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Numbers 30
vow a vow. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6) = make a solemn promise.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh (App-13), used in this chapter twelve times for the whole (responsible) person.
break = Hebrew profane.
shall stand = abideth firm. Compare Genesis 23:17, Genesis 23:20. Psalms 19:7. Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 40:8. Jeremiah 44:29.
her. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "all her", as in Numbers 30:4.
hath utterly made them void. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6). Hebrew "a making void he hath made them void". Figure of speech well represented by the word "utterly". See note on Genesis 26:28.
altogether, &c. Hebrew "a holding his peace, he held his peace". Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6), well translated by "altogether".
iniquity. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the punishment occasioned by it. Hebrew. "avah. App-44.
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