Studies Matot
Numbers 30 · Matot · vows, bonds and the ear of the head
בְּיוֹם שָׁמְעוֹ
beyom shom‘o — in the day that he hears
Numbers 30
A word leaves the lips. Someone hears it. What he does on the day he hears decides whether it stands, whether she is forgiven, and who carries the guilt.
Honest frame first
Numbers 30 is household law for speech. It is addressed to heads, it concerns vows and bonds and nothing else, and it never mentions covenant, Eden or the third day. Those are readings laid beside it, and each one below is graded: A the text says it, B a strong cluster or canonical pairing, C a resonance to use with care.
Hebrew Bibles number this chapter 30:2–17, one verse ahead of the English (English 29:40 is Hebrew 30:1). Verse numbers here follow the English.
Sixteen verses, one subject: what becomes of a spoken word once someone with authority over the speaker has heard it.
Spoken to the heads of the tribes. A man’s vow has no court of appeal: “he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.”
Her father hears. If he holds his peace, her vows stand. If he disallows her in the day that he hears, none stand, “and YHWH shall forgive her.”
She marries with vows already upon her. Her husband is given a day of hearing of his own: jurisdiction passes from father to husband without a gap.
No head hears. Whatever she has bound upon her soul “shall stand against her.”
He may establish or make void — on the day he hears. Silence establishes. And if he voids it afterward, “he shall bear her iniquity.”
“These are the statutes… between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father’s house.”
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.
The whole chapter is one decision tree. Choose who speaks and what the one who hears does, and the text gives its verdict in its own Hebrew.
1 · Who speaks the vow?
2 · What does the one who hears do?
Choose who speaks.
| Who speaks | What the hearer does | The verdict | Whose guilt |
|---|---|---|---|
| A man | No one hears for him | It stands. No one can void it. לֹא יַחֵל דְּבָרוֹ Num 30:2 | His own, if he breaks it. |
| A daughter in her father’s house | Hears, and holds his peace | All her vows stand. וְקָמוּ כָּל־נְדָרֶיהָ Num 30:4 | Hers, if she breaks it. |
| A daughter in her father’s house | Disallows it on the day he hears | None of them stand. She is forgiven. כִּי־הֵנִיא אָבִיהָ אֹתָהּ Num 30:5 | None. “YHWH shall forgive her.” |
| A daughter in her father’s house | Says nothing — then voids it later | The text is silent. — Num 30:15 | Not stated. |
| A woman who marries with vows upon her | Hears, and holds his peace | Her vows stand. וְקָמוּ נְדָרֶיהָ Num 30:7 | Hers, if she breaks it. |
| A woman who marries with vows upon her | Disallows it on the day he hears | He makes it void. She is forgiven. וְהֵפֵר אֶת־נִדְרָהּ Num 30:8 | None. “YHWH shall forgive her.” |
| A woman who marries with vows upon her | Says nothing — then voids it later | He bears her iniquity. וְנָשָׂא אֶת־עֲוֺנָהּ Num 30:15 | His. |
| A wife in her husband’s house | Hears, and holds his peace | He has established them. וְהֵקִים אֶת־כָּל־נְדָרֶיהָ Num 30:14 | Hers, if she breaks it. |
| A wife in her husband’s house | Disallows it on the day he hears | They do not stand. She is forgiven. אִישָׁהּ הֲפֵרָם Num 30:12 | None. “YHWH shall forgive her.” |
| A wife in her husband’s house | Says nothing — then voids it later | He bears her iniquity. וְנָשָׂא אֶת־עֲוֺנָהּ Num 30:15 | His. The guilt of the broken word moves to the one who voided it late. |
| A widow, or a divorced woman | No one hears for her | It stands against her. יָקוּם עָלֶיהָ Num 30:9 | Hers. |
The father is given two outcomes and the husband three. Only the husband’s late voiding is legislated — and it is the only place in the chapter where guilt changes hands.
The first three are the law seen at work in narrative and prophecy. The last two are readings — laid beside the text, graded, and kept separate.
What the Hebrew does that the English cannot show. Tap any Hebrew word for its card; the strips show where it stands across the thirty-six chapters of Numbers.
The noun , “bond,” occurs eleven times in the Hebrew Bible, and every one is in Numbers 30. It comes from , to bind — the verb for binding a prisoner (Gen 39:20, Judg 16:21). She binds “her soul.” The later vocabulary of binding and loosing (Matt 16:19, Matt 18:18) grows from this root.
, to stand or make stand — twelve times in sixteen verses. , to disallow — four times here, out of eight in the Bible; the Torah’s only others are two chapters on, in the same portion: “wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel” (Num 32:7, Num 32:9). , to make void — seven times here. A word either stands, is held back, or is broken; the chapter has no fourth state.
“Her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void” (Num 30:13) — יְקִימֶנּוּ and יְפֵרֶנּוּ. The same pair governs covenant. To Abraham: “I will establish my covenant” (Gen 17:7), and of the uncircumcised: “he hath broken my covenant” (Gen 17:14). In the blessings and curses: “and establish my covenant with you” (Lev 26:9); “that ye break my covenant” (Lev 26:15); and still, “I will not… break my covenant with them” (Lev 26:44). A that the verbs are the same; B+ for reading the husband’s office through them.
, to hold one’s peace, comes six times (Num 30:4, Num 30:7, Num 30:11, Num 30:14). The last makes the logic explicit: “he establisheth all her vows… because he held his peace.” Hearing creates the duty; silence discharges it by default. A psalm marks the contrast with heaven: “These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself” (Ps 50:21).
three times, each only after the head has acted. The vows in view are those “to afflict the soul” (Num 30:13) — the idiom of the Day of Atonement (Lev 16:29), named in the chapter just before this one (Num 29:7). In Leviticus the formula “it shall be forgiven him” follows the priest’s atonement (Lev 4:26); here it follows a father or a husband hearing. A for the words; B for the household as the place the formula has moved to.
The phrase אֶת־עֲוֺנָהּ, “her iniquity,” with the verb , to bear, occurs in two verses. In the law of jealousy: “this woman shall bear her iniquity” (Num 5:31). Here: “he shall bear her iniquity” (Num 30:15). One phrase; the bearer changes. The same verb and noun describe the scapegoat, which “shall bear upon him all their iniquities” (Lev 16:22), and the Servant: “he hath borne our griefs” (Isa 53:4), “YHWH hath laid on him the iniquity of us all” (Isa 53:6). A for the two verses; B for the line to Isaiah.
Of a man: “he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth” (Num 30:2). Of God, seven chapters earlier, in Balaam’s mouth: “God is not a man (אִישׁ), that he should lie… hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?” (Num 23:19). “Do” is יַעֲשֶׂה in both. “Make it good” is יְקִימֶנָּה — the husband’s establishing verb in Num 30:13. Both verbs of chapter 30 already sit in one line about the One whose word never needs voiding.
What “proceedeth out of his mouth” (Num 30:2) returns wherever a spoken word is held to account: Reuben and Gad — “do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth” (Num 32:24); the law — “that which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep” (Deut 23:23); Jephthah’s daughter (Judg 11:36); the vowers to the queen of heaven (Jer 44:17); and YHWH of Himself — “the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return” (Isa 45:23).
, an utterance, occurs twice in the Bible, both in this chapter: what she “uttered… out of her lips” (Num 30:6, Num 30:8). Its verb is the one for an oath spoken without thought, “pronouncing with his lips” (Lev 5:4). The law distinguishes a considered vow from a word that escaped — and puts both under the same hearing.
The chapter does not mention the third day. These are the places its vocabulary and its order touch the pattern — each graded, the strongest first.
“Her husband may establish it” — יְקִימֶנּוּ (Num 30:13). “In the third day he will raise us up” — יְקִמֵנוּ (Hos 6:2). The same verb in the same stem, in nearly the same form: he makes it stand; he makes us stand. In Hosea the speaker is a people returning to the One who has torn and will bind; in Numbers it is a husband over his wife’s word. A for the shared form. B for the link, which rests on the husband-and-bride setting, not on the verb alone — קוּם is one of the commonest verbs in the language.
The order in Exod 19:8–11 is the order of Numbers 30: the word is spoken (“we will do”), the word is carried to the Head (“Moses returned the words of the people unto YHWH”), and a day is appointed — “be ready against the third day: for the third day YHWH will come down in the sight of all the people.” One Father already counts Sinai’s third day in its gallery (chapter 3). Read with Numbers 30, it is also the day the Husband answers the bride’s word in person.
YHWH describes His own word in the terms of Num 30:2: “so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please” (Isa 55:11). The comparison He chooses is rain that makes the earth “bring forth and bud” — וְהִצְמִיחָהּ (Isa 55:10), the verb of the ground that had not yet sprouted because there was no rain and no man (Gen 2:5). The Head’s kept word is pictured as third-day ground answering.
Numbers 30 turns on two words, and : “in the day that he heareth.” So does the garden. The warning is dated: “in the day that thou eatest thereof” (Gen 2:17). The trial opens with hearing “in the cool of the day” (Gen 3:8), and the verdict on the man is a hearing: “thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife” (Gen 3:17). On the sequential reading, the man who stands at that hearing was formed on the third day and has held the office since.
A vow exists from the moment it leaves the lips; it stands only when the head has heard. Two beats: existence, then establishment. That is the rhythm One Father traces through the week — formed, then installed; made, then shown. Here the law writes it for a word.
The chapter is addressed to the heads of the — tribes, but first of all rods. The rod that marks a head in Numbers is Aaron’s, dead wood that “was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds” (Num 17:8). Law about living words is handed to the heads of the rods.
How the chapter sits inside the household order of the Kingdom series. Flagged as pattern, and not folded into the plain reading above.
The stations are consecutive and never overlap: the father (Num 30:3–5); the husband, with a fresh day of hearing at the handover (Num 30:6–8); and no one, when death or divorce has removed him (Num 30:9). Never two heads over one word; never none while she is covered. It is the echad rule of the Kingdom series in statute form.
It opens “If a man vow” — (Num 30:2) — and closes “between a man and his wife” — בֵּין אִישׁ לְאִשְׁתּוֹ (Num 30:16). The husband is “her אִישׁ” throughout. The Genesis 1 pair, zakar and neqevah, does not appear in the chapter at all. A that these are the words; C+ for what is built on it, since אִישׁ is also simply the ordinary word for a husband.
At the first hearing the head answers, “The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me” (Gen 3:12). Verse 15 writes the opposite into law: the head who corrects late carries the cost himself. The apostle describes the Husband by that standard — He “loved the church, and gave himself for it… that he might present it to himself a glorious church” (Eph 5:25–27).
The site’s covenant-order material already cites the father’s half (Num 30:3–5) under the father’s prerogative, and verse 9 for the released woman, whose vows are on her own head. Neither the series nor One Father treats the husband’s half. Verse 15 — authority welded to liability — is unwritten ground.
The chapter ends on a husband bearing iniquity; the next opens on the vengeance for Peor, where Israel “joined himself” to another baal (Num 25:3), and ends dividing spoil. One verse of Isaiah holds both: “he shall divide the spoil with the strong… and he bare the sin of many” (Isa 53:12). Continue in Numbers 31 — Outside the Camp.
“Swear not at all… let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay” (Matt 5:34–37, Jas 5:12). The target is the evasion built around vow-law — oaths graded by what they were sworn on (Matt 23:16–22). The standard left standing is Num 30:2: ordinary speech carrying a vow’s weight. An interpretation, but the common one.
In Numbers 30 a head may make a vow “of none effect.” Yeshua charges the reverse: by a vow of Corban a man is released from father and mother, “making the word of God of none effect through your tradition” (Mark 7:11–13). The instrument given to protect a household is turned against the fifth commandment.
Paul “had a vow” at Cenchrea (Acts 18:18) and pays for four men who “have a vow on them” (Acts 21:23–24).
“All the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen” (2 Cor 1:20). God, “willing more abundantly to shew… the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath” (Heb 6:17). Numbers 30:2 kept without remainder.
Husbands are to dwell with their wives “according to knowledge, giving honour… that your prayers be not hindered” (1 Pet 3:7). The head’s own line to heaven depends on how he hears the one under him — verse 15 in apostolic dress.
Every passage cited above, checked against the Scripture Index of One Father. Tap a chapter to read it; tap a reference to read the verse.
Numbers 30 in the book
Not cited yet.
Numbers 30 itself is not cited in One Father. The husband’s half of the chapter — and verse 15 above all — is ground the book has not yet walked.
Of the 69 passages this study brings in from elsewhere in Scripture, 20 already stand in One Father and 49 do not.
Gen 17:14 Gen 39:20 Exod 19:8 Lev 4:26 Lev 5:4 Lev 16:22 Lev 16:29 Lev 26:9 Lev 26:15 Lev 26:44 Num 5:31 Num 23:19 Num 25:3 Num 29:7 Num 29:39 Num 32:7 Num 32:9 Num 32:24 Deut 23:22 Deut 23:23 Judg 11:30 Judg 11:35 Judg 11:36 Judg 16:21 1 Sam 1:11 1 Sam 1:21 1 Sam 1:23 1 Kgs 8:1 2 Chr 5:2 Ps 50:21 Eccl 5:4 Isa 45:23 Isa 53:4 Isa 53:6 Isa 53:12 Jer 44:15 Jer 44:17 Jer 44:19 Jer 44:25 Jer 44:26 Hos 2:15 Matt 5:34–37 Matt 18:18 Matt 23:16–22 Acts 18:18 Acts 21:23–24 Rom 7:2 Heb 6:17 Jas 5:12
And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
וְכֹל שִׂיחַ הַשָּׂדֶה טֶרֶם יִהְיֶה בָאָרֶץ וְכָל־ עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה טֶרֶם יִצְמָח כִּי לֹא הִמְטִיר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים עַל־ הָאָרֶץ וְאָדָם אַיִן לַעֲבֹד אֶת־ הָאֲדָמָה
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
וּמֵעֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכָלְךָ מִמֶּנּוּ מוֹת תָּמוּת
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
וַתֵּרֶא הָאִשָּׁה כִּי טוֹב הָעֵץ לְמַאֲכָל וְכִי תַאֲוָה־ הוּא לָעֵינַיִם וְנֶחְמָד הָעֵץ לְהַשְׂכִּיל וַתִּקַּח מִפִּרְיוֹ וַתֹּאכַל וַתִּתֵּן גַּם־ לְאִישָׁהּ עִמָּהּ וַיֹּאכַל
And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶת־ קוֹל יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּגָּן לְרוּחַ הַיּוֹם וַיִּתְחַבֵּא הָאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ מִפְּנֵי יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים בְּתוֹךְ עֵץ הַגָּן
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶת־ קֹלְךָ שָׁמַעְתִּי בַּגָּן וָאִירָא כִּי־ עֵירֹם אָנֹכִי וָאֵחָבֵא
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
וַיֹּאמֶר הָאָדָם הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּה עִמָּדִי הִוא נָתְנָה־ לִּי מִן־ הָעֵץ וָאֹכֵל
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּי־ שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־ הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָאֲדָמָה בַּעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּאכֲלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
וַהֲקִמֹתִי אֶת־ בְּרִיתִי בֵּינִי וּבֵינֶךָ וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ לְדֹרֹתָם לִבְרִית עוֹלָם לִהְיוֹת לְךָ לֵאלֹהִים וּלְזַרְעֲךָ אַחֲרֶיךָ
And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.
וְעָרֵל זָכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־ יִמּוֹל אֶת־ בְּשַׂר עָרְלָתוֹ וְנִכְרְתָה הַנֶּפֶשׁ הַהִוא מֵעַמֶּיהָ אֶת־ בְּרִיתִי הֵפַר
And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
וַיִּקַּח אֲדֹנֵי יוֹסֵף אֹתוֹ וַיִּתְּנֵהוּ אֶל־ בֵּית הַסֹּהַר מְקוֹם אֲשֶׁר־ אֲסִירֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲסוּרִים וַיְהִי־ שָׁם בְּבֵית הַסֹּהַר
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
וַיַּעֲנוּ כָל־ הָעָם יַחְדָּו וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־ דִּבֶּר יְהוָה נַעֲשֶׂה וַיָּשֶׁב מֹשֶׁה אֶת־ דִּבְרֵי הָעָם אֶל־ יְהוָה
8 And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
וַיַּעֲנוּ כָל־ הָעָם יַחְדָּו וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־ דִּבֶּר יְהוָה נַעֲשֶׂה וַיָּשֶׁב מֹשֶׁה אֶת־ דִּבְרֵי הָעָם אֶל־ יְהוָה
9 And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD.
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־ מֹשֶׁה הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי בָּא אֵלֶיךָ בְּעַב הֶעָנָן בַּעֲבוּר יִשְׁמַע הָעָם בְּדַבְּרִי עִמָּךְ וְגַם־ בְּךָ יַאֲמִינוּ לְעוֹלָם וַיַּגֵּד מֹשֶׁה אֶת־ דִּבְרֵי הָעָם אֶל־ יְהוָה
10 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes,
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־ מֹשֶׁה לֵךְ אֶל־ הָעָם וְקִדַּשְׁתָּם הַיּוֹם וּמָחָר וְכִבְּסוּ שִׂמְלֹתָם
11 And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
וְהָיוּ נְכֹנִים לַיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי כִּי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יֵרֵד יְהוָה לְעֵינֵי כָל־ הָעָם עַל־ הַר סִינָי
And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai.
וְהָיוּ נְכֹנִים לַיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי כִּי בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יֵרֵד יְהוָה לְעֵינֵי כָל־ הָעָם עַל־ הַר סִינָי
And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.
וְאֶת־ כָּל־ חֶלְבּוֹ יַקְטִיר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה כְּחֵלֶב זֶבַח הַשְּׁלָמִים וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו הַכֹּהֵן מֵחַטָּאתוֹ וְנִסְלַח לוֹ
Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these.
אוֹ נֶפֶשׁ כִּי תִשָּׁבַע לְבַטֵּא בִשְׂפָתַיִם לְהָרַע אוֹ לְהֵיטִיב לְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יְבַטֵּא הָאָדָם בִּשְׁבֻעָה וְנֶעְלַם מִמֶּנּוּ וְהוּא־ יָדַע וְאָשֵׁם לְאַחַת מֵאֵלֶּה
And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
וְנָשָׂא הַשָּׂעִיר עָלָיו אֶת־ כָּל־ עֲוֹנֹתָם אֶל־ אֶרֶץ גְּזֵרָה וְשִׁלַּח אֶת־ הַשָּׂעִיר בַּמִּדְבָּר
And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you:
וְהָיְתָה לָכֶם לְחֻקַּת עוֹלָם בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי בֶּעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ תְּעַנּוּ אֶת־ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם וְכָל־ מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ הָאֶזְרָח וְהַגֵּר הַגָּר בְּתוֹכְכֶם
For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you.
וּפָנִיתִי אֲלֵיכֶם וְהִפְרֵיתִי אֶתְכֶם וְהִרְבֵּיתִי אֶתְכֶם וַהֲקִימֹתִי אֶת־ בְּרִיתִי אִתְּכֶם
And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
וְאִם־ בְּחֻקֹּתַי תִּמְאָסוּ וְאִם אֶת־ מִשְׁפָּטַי תִּגְעַל נַפְשְׁכֶם לְבִלְתִּי עֲשׂוֹת אֶת־ כָּל־ מִצְוֹתַי לְהַפְרְכֶם אֶת־ בְּרִיתִי
And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God.
וְאַף־ גַּם־ זֹאת בִּהְיוֹתָם בְּאֶרֶץ אֹיְבֵיהֶם לֹא־ מְאַסְתִּים וְלֹא־ גְעַלְתִּים לְכַלֹּתָם לְהָפֵר בְּרִיתִי אִתָּם כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם
Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
וְנִקָּה הָאִישׁ מֵעָוֹן וְהָאִשָּׁה הַהִוא תִּשָּׂא אֶת־ עֲוֹנָהּ
And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.
וַיְהִי מִמָּחֳרָת וַיָּבֹא מֹשֶׁה אֶל־ אֹהֶל הָעֵדוּת וְהִנֵּה פָּרַח מַטֵּה־ אַהֲרֹן לְבֵית לֵוִי וַיֹּצֵא פֶרַח וַיָּצֵץ צִיץ וַיִּגְמֹל שְׁקֵדִים
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב וּבֶן־ אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָם הַהוּא אָמַר וְלֹא יַעֲשֶׂה וְדִבֶּר וְלֹא יְקִימֶנָּה
And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel.
וַיִּצָּמֶד יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבַעַל פְּעוֹר וַיִּחַר־ אַף יְהוָה בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
וּבֶעָשׂוֹר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשְּׁבִיעִי הַזֶּה מִקְרָא־ קֹדֶשׁ יִהְיֶה לָכֶם וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת־ נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם כָּל־ מְלָאכָה לֹא תַעֲשׂוּ
These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.
אֵלֶּה תַּעֲשׂוּ לַיהוָה בְּמוֹעֲדֵיכֶם לְבַד מִנִּדְרֵיכֶם וְנִדְבֹתֵיכֶם לְעֹלֹתֵיכֶם וּלְמִנְחֹתֵיכֶם וּלְנִסְכֵּיכֶם וּלְשַׁלְמֵיכֶם
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
אִישׁ כִּי־ יִדֹּר נֶדֶר לַיהוָה אוֹ־ הִשָּׁבַע שְׁבֻעָה לֶאְסֹר אִסָּר עַל־ נַפְשׁוֹ לֹא יַחֵל דְּבָרוֹ כְּכָל־ הַיֹּצֵא מִפִּיו יַעֲשֶׂה
3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
וְאִשָּׁה כִּי־ תִדֹּר נֶדֶר לַיהוָה וְאָסְרָה אִסָּר בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ בִּנְעֻרֶיהָ
4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
וְשָׁמַע אָבִיהָ אֶת־ נִדְרָהּ וֶאֱסָרָהּ אֲשֶׁר אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ וְהֶחֱרִישׁ לָהּ אָבִיהָ וְקָמוּ כָּל־ נְדָרֶיהָ וְכָל־ אִסָּר אֲשֶׁר־ אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ יָקוּם
5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
וְאִם־ הֵנִיא אָבִיהָ אֹתָהּ בְּיוֹם שָׁמְעוֹ כָּל־ נְדָרֶיהָ וֶאֱסָרֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר־ אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ לֹא יָקוּם וַיהוָה יִסְלַח־ לָהּ כִּי־ הֵנִיא אָבִיהָ אֹתָהּ
And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
וְשָׁמַע אָבִיהָ אֶת־ נִדְרָהּ וֶאֱסָרָהּ אֲשֶׁר אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ וְהֶחֱרִישׁ לָהּ אָבִיהָ וְקָמוּ כָּל־ נְדָרֶיהָ וְכָל־ אִסָּר אֲשֶׁר־ אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ יָקוּם
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
וְאִם־ הֵנִיא אָבִיהָ אֹתָהּ בְּיוֹם שָׁמְעוֹ כָּל־ נְדָרֶיהָ וֶאֱסָרֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר־ אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ לֹא יָקוּם וַיהוָה יִסְלַח־ לָהּ כִּי־ הֵנִיא אָבִיהָ אֹתָהּ
And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
וְאִם־ הָיוֹ תִהְיֶה לְאִישׁ וּנְדָרֶיהָ עָלֶיהָ אוֹ מִבְטָא שְׂפָתֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ
6 And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;
וְאִם־ הָיוֹ תִהְיֶה לְאִישׁ וּנְדָרֶיהָ עָלֶיהָ אוֹ מִבְטָא שְׂפָתֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ
7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
וְשָׁמַע אִישָׁהּ בְּיוֹם שָׁמְעוֹ וְהֶחֱרִישׁ לָהּ וְקָמוּ נְדָרֶיהָ וֶאֱסָרֶהָ אֲשֶׁר־ אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ יָקֻמוּ
8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
וְאִם בְּיוֹם שְׁמֹעַ אִישָׁהּ יָנִיא אוֹתָהּ וְהֵפֵר אֶת־ נִדְרָהּ אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָ וְאֵת מִבְטָא שְׂפָתֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ וַיהוָה יִסְלַח־ לָהּ
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
וְשָׁמַע אִישָׁהּ בְּיוֹם שָׁמְעוֹ וְהֶחֱרִישׁ לָהּ וְקָמוּ נְדָרֶיהָ וֶאֱסָרֶהָ אֲשֶׁר־ אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ יָקֻמוּ
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
וְאִם בְּיוֹם שְׁמֹעַ אִישָׁהּ יָנִיא אוֹתָהּ וְהֵפֵר אֶת־ נִדְרָהּ אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָ וְאֵת מִבְטָא שְׂפָתֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ וַיהוָה יִסְלַח־ לָהּ
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
וְנֵדֶר אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־ אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ יָקוּם עָלֶיהָ
And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
וְשָׁמַע אִישָׁהּ וְהֶחֱרִשׁ לָהּ לֹא הֵנִיא אֹתָהּ וְקָמוּ כָּל־ נְדָרֶיהָ וְכָל־ אִסָּר אֲשֶׁר־ אָסְרָה עַל־ נַפְשָׁהּ יָקוּם
But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.
וְאִם־ הָפֵר יָפֵר אֹתָם אִישָׁהּ בְּיוֹם שָׁמְעוֹ כָּל־ מוֹצָא שְׂפָתֶיהָ לִנְדָרֶיהָ וּלְאִסַּר נַפְשָׁהּ לֹא יָקוּם אִישָׁהּ הֲפֵרָם וַיהוָה יִסְלַח־ לָהּ
Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
כָּל־ נֵדֶר וְכָל־ שְׁבֻעַת אִסָּר לְעַנֹּת נָפֶשׁ אִישָׁהּ יְקִימֶנּוּ וְאִישָׁהּ יְפֵרֶנּוּ
But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.
וְאִם־ הַחֲרֵשׁ יַחֲרִישׁ לָהּ אִישָׁהּ מִיּוֹם אֶל־ יוֹם וְהֵקִים אֶת־ כָּל־ נְדָרֶיהָ אוֹ אֶת־ כָּל־ אֱסָרֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָ הֵקִים אֹתָם כִּי־ הֶחֱרִשׁ לָהּ בְּיוֹם שָׁמְעוֹ
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.
וְאִם־ הָפֵר יָפֵר אֹתָם אַחֲרֵי שָׁמְעוֹ וְנָשָׂא אֶת־ עֲוֹנָהּ
These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.
אֵלֶּה הַחֻקִּים אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהוָה אֶת־ מֹשֶׁה בֵּין אִישׁ לְאִשְׁתּוֹ בֵּין־ אָב לְבִתּוֹ בִּנְעֻרֶיהָ בֵּית אָבִיהָ
And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them?
וְלָמָּה תְנִיאוּן אֶת־ לֵב בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעֲבֹר אֶל־ הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־ נָתַן לָהֶם יְהוָה
For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them.
וַיַּעֲלוּ עַד־ נַחַל אֶשְׁכּוֹל וַיִּרְאוּ אֶת־ הָאָרֶץ וַיָּנִיאוּ אֶת־ לֵב בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לְבִלְתִּי־ בֹא אֶל־ הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר־ נָתַן לָהֶם יְהוָה
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
בְּנוּ־ לָכֶם עָרִים לְטַפְּכֶם וּגְדֵרֹת לְצֹנַאֲכֶם וְהַיֹּצֵא מִפִּיכֶם תַּעֲשׂוּ
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
וְכִי תֶחְדַּל לִנְדֹּר לֹא־ יִהְיֶה בְךָ חֵטְא
That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.
מוֹצָא שְׂפָתֶיךָ תִּשְׁמֹר וְעָשִׂיתָ כַּאֲשֶׁר נָדַרְתָּ לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ נְדָבָה אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ בְּפִיךָ
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
וַיִּדַּר יִפְתָּח נֶדֶר לַיהוָה וַיֹּאמַר אִם־ נָתוֹן תִּתֵּן אֶת־ בְּנֵי עַמּוֹן בְּיָדִי
And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
וַיְהִי כִרְאוֹתוֹ אוֹתָהּ וַיִּקְרַע אֶת־ בְּגָדָיו וַיֹּאמֶר אֲהָהּ בִּתִּי הַכְרֵעַ הִכְרַעְתִּנִי וְאַתְּ הָיִיתְ בְּעֹכְרָי וְאָנֹכִי פָּצִיתִי־ פִי אֶל־ יְהוָה וְלֹא אוּכַל לָשׁוּב
And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אָבִי פָּצִיתָה אֶת־ פִּיךָ אֶל־ יְהוָה עֲשֵׂה לִי כַּאֲשֶׁר יָצָא מִפִּיךָ אַחֲרֵי אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְךָ יְהוָה נְקָמוֹת מֵאֹיְבֶיךָ מִבְּנֵי עַמּוֹן
But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.
וַיֹּאחֲזוּהוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיְנַקְּרוּ אֶת־ עֵינָיו וַיּוֹרִידוּ אוֹתוֹ עַזָּתָה וַיַּאַסְרוּהוּ בַּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִם וַיְהִי טוֹחֵן בְּבֵית הָאֲסוּרִים
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.
וַתִּדֹּר נֶדֶר וַתֹּאמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אִם־ רָאֹה תִרְאֶה בָּעֳנִי אֲמָתֶךָ וּזְכַרְתַּנִי וְלֹא־ תִשְׁכַּח אֶת־ אֲמָתֶךָ וְנָתַתָּה לַאֲמָתְךָ זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים וּנְתַתִּיו לַיהוָה כָּל־ יְמֵי חַיָּיו וּמוֹרָה לֹא־ יַעֲלֶה עַל־ רֹאשׁוֹ
And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow.
וַיַּעַל הָאִישׁ אֶלְקָנָה וְכָל־ בֵּיתוֹ לִזְבֹּחַ לַיהוָה אֶת־ זֶבַח הַיָּמִים וְאֶת־ נִדְרוֹ
And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him.
וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ אֶלְקָנָה אִישָׁהּ עֲשִׂי הַטּוֹב בְּעֵינַיִךְ שְׁבִי עַד־ גָּמְלֵךְ אֹתוֹ אַךְ יָקֵם יְהוָה אֶת־ דְּבָרוֹ וַתֵּשֶׁב הָאִשָּׁה וַתֵּינֶק אֶת־ בְּנָהּ עַד־ גָּמְלָהּ אֹתוֹ
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
אָז יַקְהֵל שְׁלֹמֹה אֶת־ זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־ כָּל־ רָאשֵׁי הַמַּטּוֹת נְשִׂיאֵי הָאָבוֹת לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־ הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה יְרוּשָׁלִָם לְהַעֲלוֹת אֶת־ אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־ יְהוָה מֵעִיר דָּוִד הִיא צִיּוֹן
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
אָז יַקְהֵיל שְׁלֹמֹה אֶת־ זִקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶת־ כָּל־ רָאשֵׁי הַמַּטּוֹת נְשִׂיאֵי הָאָבוֹת לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־ יְרוּשָׁלִָם לְהַעֲלוֹת אֶת־ אֲרוֹן בְּרִית־ יְהוָה מֵעִיר דָּוִיד הִיא צִיּוֹן
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
אֵלֶּה עָשִׂיתָ וְהֶחֱרַשְׁתִּי דִּמִּיתָ הֱיוֹת־ אֶהְיֶה כָמוֹךָ אוֹכִיחֲךָ וְאֶעֶרְכָה לְעֵינֶיךָ
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
כַּאֲשֶׁר תִּדֹּר נֶדֶר לֵאלֹהִים אַל־ תְּאַחֵר לְשַׁלְּמוֹ כִּי אֵין חֵפֶץ בַּכְּסִילִים אֵת אֲשֶׁר־ תִּדֹּר שַׁלֵּם
I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
בִּי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי יָצָא מִפִּי צְדָקָה דָּבָר וְלֹא יָשׁוּב כִּי־ לִי תִּכְרַע כָּל־ בֶּרֶךְ תִּשָּׁבַע כָּל־ לָשׁוֹן
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
אָכֵן חֳלָיֵנוּ הוּא נָשָׂא וּמַכְאֹבֵינוּ סְבָלָם וַאֲנַחְנוּ חֲשַׁבְנֻהוּ נָגוּעַ מֻכֵּה אֱלֹהִים וּמְעֻנֶּה
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
כֻּלָּנוּ כַּצֹּאן תָּעִינוּ אִישׁ לְדַרְכּוֹ פָּנִינוּ וַיהוָה הִפְגִּיעַ בּוֹ אֵת עֲוֹן כֻּלָּנוּ
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
לָכֵן אֲחַלֶּק־ לוֹ בָרַבִּים וְאֶת־ עֲצוּמִים יְחַלֵּק שָׁלָל תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱרָה לַמָּוֶת נַפְשׁוֹ וְאֶת־ פֹּשְׁעִים נִמְנָה וְהוּא חֵטְא־ רַבִּים נָשָׂא וְלַפֹּשְׁעִים יַפְגִּיעַ
For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
כִּי כַּאֲשֶׁר יֵרֵד הַגֶּשֶׁם וְהַשֶּׁלֶג מִן־ הַשָּׁמַיִם וְשָׁמָּה לֹא יָשׁוּב כִּי אִם־ הִרְוָה אֶת־ הָאָרֶץ וְהוֹלִידָהּ וְהִצְמִיחָהּ וְנָתַן זֶרַע לַזֹּרֵעַ וְלֶחֶם לָאֹכֵל
So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
כֵּן יִהְיֶה דְבָרִי אֲשֶׁר יֵצֵא מִפִּי לֹא־ יָשׁוּב אֵלַי רֵיקָם כִּי אִם־ עָשָׂה אֶת־ אֲשֶׁר חָפַצְתִּי וְהִצְלִיחַ אֲשֶׁר שְׁלַחְתִּיו
Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
הָלֹךְ וְקָרָאתָ בְאָזְנֵי יְרוּשָׁלִַם לֵאמֹר כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה זָכַרְתִּי לָךְ חֶסֶד נְעוּרַיִךְ אַהֲבַת כְּלוּלֹתָיִךְ לֶכְתֵּךְ אַחֲרַי בַּמִּדְבָּר בְּאֶרֶץ לֹא זְרוּעָה
Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying,
וַיַּעֲנוּ אֶת־ יִרְמְיָהוּ כָּל־ הָאֲנָשִׁים הַיֹּדְעִים כִּי־ מְקַטְּרוֹת נְשֵׁיהֶם לֵאלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וְכָל־ הַנָּשִׁים הָעֹמְדוֹת קָהָל גָּדוֹל וְכָל־ הָעָם הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּאֶרֶץ־ מִצְרַיִם בְּפַתְרוֹס לֵאמֹר
But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
כִּי עָשֹׂה נַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־ כָּל־ הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־ יָצָא מִפִּינוּ לְקַטֵּר לִמְלֶכֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְהַסֵּיךְ־ לָהּ נְסָכִים כַּאֲשֶׁר עָשִׂינוּ אֲנַחְנוּ וַאֲבֹתֵינוּ מְלָכֵינוּ וְשָׂרֵינוּ בְּעָרֵי יְהוּדָה וּבְחֻצוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָם וַנִּשְׂבַּע־ לֶחֶם וַנִּהְיֶה טוֹבִים וְרָעָה לֹא רָאִינוּ
And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men?
וְכִי־ אֲנַחְנוּ מְקַטְּרִים לִמְלֶכֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְהַסֵּךְ לָהּ נְסָכִים הֲמִבַּלְעֲדֵי אֲנָשֵׁינוּ עָשִׂינוּ לָהּ כַּוָּנִים לְהַעֲצִבָה וְהַסֵּךְ לָהּ נְסָכִים
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows.
כֹּה־ אָמַר יְהוָה־ צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר אַתֶּם וּנְשֵׁיכֶם וַתְּדַבֵּרְנָה בְּפִיכֶם וּבִידֵיכֶם מִלֵּאתֶם לֵאמֹר עָשֹׂה נַעֲשֶׂה אֶת־ נְדָרֵינוּ אֲשֶׁר נָדַרְנוּ לְקַטֵּר לִמְלֶכֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְהַסֵּךְ לָהּ נְסָכִים הָקֵים תָּקִימְנָה אֶת־ נִדְרֵיכֶם וְעָשֹׂה תַעֲשֶׂינָה אֶת־ נִדְרֵיכֶם
Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth.
לָכֵן שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר־ יְהוָה כָּל־ יְהוּדָה הַיֹּשְׁבִים בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם הִנְנִי נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי בִּשְׁמִי הַגָּדוֹל אָמַר יְהוָה אִם־ יִהְיֶה עוֹד שְׁמִי נִקְרָא בְּפִי כָּל־ אִישׁ יְהוּדָה אֹמֵר חַי־ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה בְּכָל־ אֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם
And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
וְנָתַתִּי לָהּ אֶת־ כְּרָמֶיהָ מִשָּׁם וְאֶת־ עֵמֶק עָכוֹר לְפֶתַח תִּקְוָה וְעָנְתָה שָּׁמָּה כִּימֵי נְעוּרֶיהָ וִּכְיוֹם עֲלֹתָהּ מֵאֶרֶץ־ מִצְרָיִם
After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
יְחַיֵּנוּ מִיֹּמָיִם בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי יְקִמֵנוּ וְנִחְיֶה לְפָנָיו
34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne:
ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως, μήτε ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὅτι θρόνος ἐστὶν τοῦ θεοῦ,
35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King.
μήτε ἐν τῇ γῇ ὅτι ὑποπόδιόν ἐστιν τῶν ποδῶν αὐτοῦ, μήτε εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα ὅτι πόλις ἐστὶν τοῦ μεγάλου βασιλέως,
36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black.
μήτε ἐν τῇ κεφαλῇ σου ὀμόσῃς ὅτι οὐ δύνασαι μίαν τρίχα λευκὴν ποιῆσαι ἢ μέλαιναν.
37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
ἔστω δὲ ὁ λόγος ὑμῶν ναὶ ναί, οὒ οὔ· τὸ δὲ περισσὸν τούτων ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐστιν.¶
And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
καὶ δώσω σοι τὰς κλεῖδας τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν δήσῃς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται δεδεμένον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν λύσῃς ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται λελυμένον ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.¶
Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν· ὅσα ἐὰν δήσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται δεδεμένα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ· καὶ ὅσα ἐὰν λύσητε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἔσται λελυμένα ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ.¶
16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
Οὐαὶ ὑμῖν, ὁδηγοὶ τυφλοὶ οἱ λέγοντες· ὃς ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ ναῷ, οὐδέν ἐστιν· ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ χρυσῷ τοῦ ναοῦ, ὀφείλει.
17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
μωροὶ καὶ τυφλοί, τίς γὰρ μείζων ἐστίν, ὁ χρυσὸς ἢ ὁ ναὸς ὁ ἁγιάσας τὸν χρυσόν;
18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
καὶ ὃς ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ, οὐδέν ἐστιν· ὃς δ᾽ ἂν ὀμόσῃ ἐν τῷ δώρῳ τῷ ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ, ὀφείλει.
19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
μωροὶ καὶ τυφλοί, τί γὰρ μεῖζον, τὸ δῶρον ἢ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸ ἁγιάζον τὸ δῶρον;
20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.
ὁ οὖν ὀμόσας ἐν τῷ θυσιαστηρίῳ ὀμνύει ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ,
21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.
καὶ ὁ ὀμόσας ἐν τῷ ναῷ ὀμνύει ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ κατοικοῦντι αὐτόν,
22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
καὶ ὁ ὀμόσας ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὀμνύει ἐν τῷ θρόνῳ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ.¶
11 But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
ὑμεῖς δὲ λέγετε· ἐὰν εἴπῃ ἄνθρωπος τῷ πατρὶ ἢ τῇ μητρί· κορβᾶν, ὅ ἐστιν δῶρον, ὃ ἐὰν ἐξ ἐμοῦ ὠφεληθῇς,
12 And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
καὶ οὐκέτι ἀφίετε αὐτὸν οὐδὲν ποιῆσαι τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἢ τῇ μητρί αὐτοῦ,
13 Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye.
ἀκυροῦντες τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ παραδόσει ὑμῶν ᾗ παρεδώκατε· καὶ παρόμοια τοιαῦτα πολλὰ ποιεῖτε.¶
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
Ὁ δὲ Παῦλος ἔτι προσμείνας ἡμέρας ἱκανάς, τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ἀποταξάμενος ἐξέπλει εἰς τὴν Συρίαν, καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ Πρίσκιλλα καὶ Ἀκύλας, κειράμενος ἐν Κεγχρεαῖς τὴν κεφαλήν· εἶχεν γὰρ εὐχήν.
23 Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them;
τοῦτο οὖν ποίησον ὅ σοι λέγομεν· εἰσὶν ἡμῖν ἄνδρες τέσσαρες εὐχὴν ἔχοντες ἐφ᾽ ἑαυτῶν·
24 Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law.
τούτους παραλαβὼν ἁγνίσθητι σὺν αὐτοῖς καὶ δαπάνησον ἐπ᾽ αὐτοῖς ἵνα ξυρήσονται τὴν κεφαλήν, καὶ γνώσονται πάντες ὅτι ὧν κατήχηνται περὶ σοῦ οὐδέν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ στοιχεῖς καὶ αὐτὸς φυλάσσων τὸν νόμον.
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband.
ἡ γὰρ ὕπανδρος γυνὴ τῷ ζῶντι ἀνδρὶ δέδεται νόμῳ· ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ ὁ ἀνήρ, κατήργηται ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου τοῦ ἀνδρός.
For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
ὅσαι γὰρ ἐπαγγελίαι θεοῦ, ἐν αὐτῷ τὸ ναί· καὶ δι᾽ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀμὴν τῷ θεῷ πρὸς δόξαν δι᾽ ἡμῶν.
25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it;
Οἱ ἄνδρες, ἀγαπᾶτε τὰς γυναῖκας ἑαυτῶν καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς ἠγάπησεν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ ἑαυτὸν παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ αὐτῆς
26 That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
ἵνα αὐτὴν ἁγιάσῃ καθαρίσας τῷ λουτρῷ τοῦ ὕδατος ἐν ῥήματι,
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
ἵνα παραστήσῃ αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ ἔνδοξον τὴν ἐκκλησίαν μὴ ἔχουσαν σπίλον ἢ ῥυτίδα ἤ τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλ᾽ ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία καὶ ἄμωμος.
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
ἐν ᾧ περισσότερον βουλόμενος ὁ θεὸς ἐπιδεῖξαι τοῖς κληρονόμοις τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τὸ ἀμετάθετον τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ ἐμεσίτευσεν ὅρκῳ,
But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Πρὸ πάντων δέ, ἀδελφοί μου, μὴ ὀμνύετε, μήτε τὸν οὐρανὸν μήτε τὴν γῆν μήτε ἄλλον τινὰ ὅρκον· ἤτω δὲ ὑμῶν τὸ ναὶ ναὶ καὶ τὸ οὒ οὔ, ἵνα μὴ ὑπὸ κρίσιν πέσητε.¶
Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Οἱ ἄνδρες ὁμοίως, συνοικοῦντες κατὰ γνῶσιν ὡς ἀσθενεστέρῳ σκεύει τῷ γυναικείῳ ἀπονέμοντες τιμὴν ὡς καὶ συγκληρονόμοις χάριτος ζωῆς εἰς τὸ μὴ ἐγκόπτεσθαι τὰς προσευχὰς ὑμῶν.¶
Hebrew and Greek words, glosses and Strong’s numbers: STEPBible TAHOT / TAGNT (CC BY 4.0, Tyndale House, Cambridge). English: King James Version, with YHWH for “the LORD” in quotations. “Only here” counts were checked against the Westminster Leningrad text. Word trees for any lemma grow in the Orchard (free account). The thesis these studies are read against: Adam on the Third Day · One Father.