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Numbers 30:1
英文原文
The regulations respecting vows appropriately follow those given respecting sacrifices, since a large proportion of vows would always relate to the presentation of such offerings. Rules had already been given Leviticus 27 for the estimation of things vowed to God. It is probable that this fresh legislation dealing especially with vows made by persons in a state of tutelage, was occasioned by some case of practical difficulty that had recently arisen; and it is addressed by Moses to "the heads of the tribes" Numbers 30:1, who would in their judicial capacity have to determine questions on these subjects.
There is no provision in the chapter for annulling vows made by boys and young men; from which it has been inferred that the vows of males were in all cases and circumstances binding.
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Numbers 30:2
「願」是積極的,「約束」則是消極或限制性的。人藉著許願,承諾將某物奉獻給神,或為神成就某項工作;藉著約束自己,則是禁止自己享用某種權利或享樂。願包含行某事的義務;約束則包含戒絕某事的義務。
英文原文
The "vow" was positive; the "bond" negative or restrictive. By a vow a man engaged to dedicate something to God, or to accomplish some work for Him: by a bond he debarred himself from some privilege or enjoyment. A vow involved an obligation to do: a bond, an obligation to forbear doing.
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Numbers 30:3
「女子年幼還在父家的時候」——女子通常要到訂婚或出嫁之時，才從父親的權下轉到丈夫的權下（有人認為這種轉移帶有買賣的性質）。
英文原文
Being in her father's house in her youth - It was not ordinarily until her betrothal or marriage, that the female passed (some suppose by purchase) from the power of her father to that of her husband.
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Numbers 30:5
「耶和華必赦免他」——意即免去那義務（參 2 Kings 5:18）。
英文原文
The Lord shall forgive her - i. e., shall remit the obligation. (Compare 2 Kings 5:18.)
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Numbers 30:6
更恰當的譯法是：「她若確已歸屬丈夫，身上負有許願，或是嘴唇出了輕率的言語，因而約束了自己的心靈」等。「確已」（at all）一語表明，這裏特別想到的，是已訂婚但尚未正式成婚的少女的情況。訂婚之後，女子仍繼續住在父家，直到婚期來到；但從那時起，她的財產便歸於丈夫名下，而且在人格上她也多少被視為屬於丈夫，以致對他不忠的行為，如同姦淫一樣，可被處死（Deuteronomy 22:23-24）。因此，丈夫即使還未實際把她迎娶回家，也有權管束她的許願。
英文原文
Rather, And if she shall at all be an husband's, and her vows shall be upon her, or a rash utterance of her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, etc. The "at all" intimates that the case of a girl betrothed but not yet actually married is here especially contemplated. After betrothal, a woman continued to reside, until the period of her marriage arrived, in her father's house; but her property was from that time forward vested in her husband, and she was so far regarded as personally his, that an act of faithlessness to him was, like adultery, punishable with death Deuteronomy 22:23-24. Hence, his right to control her vows even before he actually took her home as his wife.
有關許願的規定接在獻祭的規定之後,十分恰當,因為許願的內容總有相當比例與呈獻這類祭物有關。估計所許之物歸給神之價值的條例,早已在 Leviticus 27 中頒布。這項特別處理受監護之人所許之願的新立法,大概是由最近發生的某個實際難題所引發;摩西是向「眾支派的首領」(Numbers 30:1)頒布的,他們要在司法職分上裁決這類問題。
本章沒有關於廢除少年與年輕男子所許之願的條文;由此可以推論,男性的願在一切情況與境遇中都具有約束力。