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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 30:10

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And if she vowed in her husband’s house, etc.] Before his death, in his lifetime, or before divorced: the Targum of Jonathan adds, by way of explanation, “and not at age for marriage”, understanding it of a betrothed, and not a married person; but Jarchi says, the Scripture speaks of a married one, which seems most likely: or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; to fulfil her vow, to abstain from this, or to do that or the other thing.
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