6And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
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Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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