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Numbers 30:5
New English Translation
Numbers 30:5
New English Translation
5 But if her father overrules her when he hears[a] about it, then none[b] of her vows or her obligations that she has pledged for herself will stand. And the Lord will release[c] her from it, because her father overruled her.
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- Numbers 30:5 tn The idiom is “in the day of,” but it is used in place of a preposition before the infinitive construct with its suffixed subjective genitive. The clause is temporal.
- Numbers 30:5 tn The Hebrew “all will not stand” is best rendered “none will stand.”
- Numbers 30:5 tn The verb has often been translated “forgive” (cf. KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV, NLT), but that would suggest a sin that needed forgiving. The idea of “release from obligation” is better; the idea is like that of having a debt “forgiven” or “retired.” In other words, she is free from the vow she had made. The Lord will not hold the woman responsible to do what she vowed.
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