Num 30:2 | KingComments | STEP | There is a difference between a man and a woman who offer to do or leave something for the LORD. A man is always obliged to keep the vow he makes. The vow may be to give something of his property to the LORD or to sanctify it for Him or to fast or to refrain from anything. The man is a picture of Christ. He has done “according to all that proceeded out of his mouth”. The Lord Jesus said to God: “Behold, I have come to do Your will” ( ; ). He has fully fulfilled the obligation which He has assumed therein. For Him there has been no way back, nor has there been a release from His vow. When He asks the Father to take away the cup, His perfect dedication is evident from the addition “yet not what I will, but what You will” ( ).

‏ Numbers 30:2

Vow of a Man

There is a difference between a man and a woman who offer to do or leave something for the LORD. A man is always obliged to keep the vow he makes. The vow may be to give something of his property to the LORD or to sanctify it for Him or to fast or to refrain from anything.

The man is a picture of Christ. He has done “according to all that proceeded out of his mouth”. The Lord Jesus said to God: “Behold, I have come to do Your will” (Heb 10:9; Psa 40:7-8). He has fully fulfilled the obligation which He has assumed therein. For Him there has been no way back, nor has there been a release from His vow. When He asks the Father to take away the cup, His perfect dedication is evident from the addition “yet not what I will, but what You will” (Mk 14:36).