August 23, 2010 Lesson 22 of Numbers 30

How does this chapter show our responsibility in speech? Cf. Matt 5:33-37; 12:36. Answer: a vow, I believe, is deeper than a promise. The person who vows something to another will complete that vow really unto death. Promises, especially in today’s world, are too easily broken. So yes speech matters a great deal. “Careless words” as Matt 12:36 points out are going to have to be answered for on the day of judgment.


Do you think the woman’s relationship to father and husband should be viewed as merely local Israelite custom, or is there an implied principle that holds in the twentieth century too? Answer: I think that in the husband wife relationship this should still be the case. However, before everyone flips a switch let me add that the same should be in the opposite situation. The couple are one. Each decision should be agreed upon by both husband and wife. The daughter father thing I think yes, goes without saying. Until 18 the daughter is still under the complete authority of the father.