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Women's Vows in the Book of Numbers
There is nothing said here about sons or about older, unmarried women. This might suggest that there is something more symbolic going on here as well. In chapter five of the book, the laws concerning women's vows and chapter 30 can function on two levels. On the surface level, which should not be neglected, they refer to the manner in which women's vows would be upheld or nullified in israel's ongoing life.