141IMBLIZS XXX. <) t ¿ - 13 her. Every vgw, and every oath of bond to afflift the foule , her husband may efta- blilh it, and her husband may make it void. 14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day, then hee efia- blifheth all her vowes , or all her bonds, ,which are upon her : he eftablifheth them, i becaufe bee held his peace at her-in the day / S I that hee heard there. But ifhee Thall utterly make them void , after tb.rt flee bath heard 16 them,thenhe Mall beate her iniduitie. Thefe arethe ftatutesfwhich lehovah commanded Mofes , bctweene a man and his wife be- t tweene a father and his daughter, in her yoúth, in her fathers houfei I' vinritatioïi,r. D n Here beginneth the 42.Le&ureofthe Law : Sec Gen.6.9. THE beads] that is, as the Greeke tranfliteth, the Rulers (or Princes) of theTribes. In the two former Chapters were lawes for neceffary duties commanded : here followeth the law for robin - tarie things; which people having by vow or oath taken dpdn them were bound to performe. concerning the funnel] or, to the former of Ifrael; or as the Greeke joynetis it with the former , the Princes of the Tribes of the fanner ofIfrael. It was fpoken by Moles to the Princes, that by them it might be orderly communicated unto the peo- ple; is in Exod l2: 3.21 , and 4. 29. afro that the Governonrs (hould looke unto the people for the performance of their religious promifes. the thin,] Hebr. thr word. 2 Verde 2. a vew ] a religious pronal e to the Lord. Of a vow , and how it differed from a vo- luntary gift (ht the Annotations on Levàt.27. 2. and 7.10. and of an oath, fee thenotes on Levit. 5.1.4.'Ind that aimes promifed for the poore, is comprehended allò under the name of vowes , is (hewed on Dent. 23. at. a bond upon bit foule] that is, to binde his foule (or himfclfe ) With a bond. Hereupon is that manner offpeech, Thy veuves are upon mee00 God, Pfaim. 54, 12. ¡rot prophatie his word] not violate or breake his pro mile,but (hall have an holy care to keepe it.A like phrafe is of p.ophaning a covenant, in Pfatm. 5 5'r 20. and 89.34. And as vowes might not be broken, fo neither might they be delayed, Dent. 23.21. all that proeeedeth out ofhie mouth] that is,every word of his, as the phrafe is opened in Luk, 4.4. from Deut. 8. 3; Titis is to be underikood of good and lawfull vowes , and filch as are in a trans power to performe: for unpolfible vowes are to be rep'entcd of, and wicked vowes cor oathes are not to be kept,but broken, A0.23.25 . Sec. 3 Verle 5.. and binde a bond] to wit, upon her foule, as in verf.4. that is, bound her !le with a bond, And, may here be tiled foe Or (as it is often, and as the Greeke here trantláteth, or determine a deterhitna- tiara) to imply either a vow CO fànftihe any thing to the Lord, or a bond to refiraine her Celle from Ifomething , as by afflifting her foule , or ab- fieiifance , as in vet : 13. in her fathers houfe] (lice abiding there and being under his power. IThe Hebrewes (is Sol. Iirchi on this place) by houfee, doe underltand parer, Hying, under the power ofher father , though h 'hi be not in lost bumf¢. in ber youth]. youth differeth from childhood; for in her youth flit únderliandeth what a vow is, whereof in childhood the is ignorant., TheHebrc,tnCa- nons haue limited the time both for men and women, thus t A young man that is a fenneoftwelve yeares and one day, and ayoung woman that is a daughter of eleven yeares and one day , which doe fweare or vow, either vowel of binding (or refireint,) or vowes of faniËi- ffing ( any thing to the Lord, ) they roe examine them, and uke liceflions of them. If they know to whole name they have votjed, &c. aim their eowenare flablàfbed. but if they knots not , then is there nothing in their voies or words. And this examination is neceffáry all that yeare , which is the twelfthytare for ayoung maid and the thirteenth yeare for a young man. Before this time although they fay we know to whofi name we have vowed , their vowel are no vowes. But after this time, when the ftone is a forme of tbirteene yeares and one day andtbe daughters it adaughter oftwelveyeares and one day; àlthoughtby py, we know not to .whofi name we have vowed ; their words are efìablifbed, and their votes are vowel, &e. And thin is the time e vowel Token of in every place : for as much as tby are come to the yeares ofgreat (or aged) perfns, than vowes are fiablàfhed. Maimon. tom. 3. Treat. of Vowes, chap.ti.fill.r,3,4 Verle 4. hold his peace ai her] of, 'keepe fkeeceat it: though Ike doe not by words approve , yet by fìlence lire feemeth to content, therefore her vow ilanderh firme. (hall fland] that is , (hall be (table,fihme and- Cure, as the field it; hich Abraharh. bought , was fad to fund , -when by Pale it was fare, Gen. 23. 1 7.2e. So ones counfell or wórd is Paid tofiand, when if abiddth 5rme, Pray. / 9.2E . Efay t 4.24. and 40.8. 2044. 0. Verl5. dofalltrt hie] or, difallow (nullofer) it, r to wit, her vow: fo after. the day that be hea- reth] whether it be inthe day that the vowed , or many dares after that her father hearths of it. If f c vow and wait many claim and afterward her father or her htuband Beare ofit then bee may breake it in the dayr: that he heareth; &c. as it ie faid , In the day that be heareth and not in the day that pee voreetb only, Maimony in Vowes, chap.' 2. fehE.,r 6. will mercifielly forgive ber]in Greëke,willpesge(or eltanfe) her : her fin in vowing (when the was not in her owne power , but in her fathers') (hall be forgi" ven : but the may not performe her vow, which by her fathersauthoriti'e is clifanitliçd.Sofer her husband in like fort, verf.12. Verl6.' àfhaieing fhé have a husband] HelSr. if 6 being ß/c he to' man; that is; if be ati all ngaried. or the utterance of her lips} or pronunciation, that which the hathprotvowxed,or diftinftly ut -. tered, to wit, by otitis, as appearcth by the word Oe , whiëds diflinguitheth it Scow her' volves: Q_gtiA.2 ,.- and 4 /IIartì
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