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13Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

Numbers 30:13

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 3-16)

It is here taken for granted that all such persons as are sui juris—at their own disposal , and are likewise of sound understanding and memory, are bound to perform whatever they vow that is lawful and possible; but, if the person vowing be under the dominion and at the disposal of another, the case is different. Two cases much alike are here put and determined:— I. The case of a daughter in her f...

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