Today we begin Numbers Chapter 31. For the Complete Jewish Bible, click here. For the King James version, click here. Numbers Chapter 31 is all about the holy war between Israel and Midian. When I say “holy war”, by definition I mean a war initiated per the orders of the God of Israel. Why did […]

Today we’re gonna finish up Numbers Chapter 30 which was all about vows and oaths and how to handle the different situations that could and would arise in the case of a female making a vow. In ancient Israel, making vows became so widespread that eventually a system of redeeming a vow was established. We […]

Yesterday, I discussed four different types of vows a woman could make. However, there is one other type of vow actually discussed from verse 14, even though it’s a bit hard to discern at first reading. The best way to describe it is to call it the Vow of Self-denial. What this means is that […]

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 […]