There are four different cases of female vow-making presented to us in Numbers Chapter 30. Let’s examine each of them one by one. CASE ONE: AN UNMARRIED WOMAN MAKES A VOW WHILE STILL LIVING AT HOME The first case deals with a “virgin” or unmarried woman who makes a vow while still living in her […]

Since we’re in the midst of discussing vows, there is no way I can overlook what is probably the most perfect and shocking example in all of the Bible of why one should never make a rash vow. I’m talking about Jephthah who first makes his appearance in the Book of Judges. Jephthah was an […]

There’s an important thing we need to keep in mind as we continue to study the rules of vow-making laid out for us in Numbers Chapter 30. Vows and ordinances were just as common and valid in the New Testament era. There is this insidious tendency, especially resident within the gentile mind, where the Torah […]

You know what’s interesting about human nature? It hasn’t changed since the beginning of time. We’re now in Numbers Chapter 30 dealing with the topic of vows and oaths and we’re going find that the ancient Hebrews weren’t any different than us when it came to this subject. When a major crisis struck, they were down […]

Today we begin Numbers Chapter 30. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. Numbers chapter 30 deals with content I think we can all relate to: the subject of making vows and oaths to God. What’s interesting is that the idea of vow and oath making to a […]