Numbers 30:13

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Numbers 30:13 tn The sentence uses the infinitive construct לְעַנֹּת (l^eʿannot, “to afflict”), which is the same word used in the instructions for the day of atonement in which people are to afflict themselves (their souls). The case here may be that the woman would take a religious vow on such an occasion to humble herself, to mortify her flesh, to abstain from certain things, perhaps even sexual relations within marriage.
2. Numbers 30:13 tn Heb “or her husband can nullify.”