This chapter is about laws concerning vows that the Israelites make to God or under oath. It says, in verse 2, “A man who makes a vow to the Lord or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.” Then there is a distinction made. Here, the law differs for men and women. While a woman must also fulfill her vows, certain men in her life were able to nullify the vow she makes within one day of hearing it. The only women who were not under the authority of their fathers or husbands were widowed and divorced women.

This chapter is about laws concerning vows that the Israelites make to God or under oath. It says, in verse 2, “A man who makes a vow to the Lord or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.” Then there is a distinction made. Here, the law differs for men and women. While a woman must also fulfill her vows, certain men in her life were able to nullify the vow she makes within one day of hearing it. The only women who were not under the authority of their fathers or husbands were widowed and divorced women.

Balaam did not resort to divination. What is divination? To me, divination is deliberately looking for patterns in experiences; you have to decode them for meaning. What I’ve learned personally is that God doesn’t give us puzzles, yet He wants to walk along with us and relate with us about issues in our lives. For Balaam, when he actually looked out at the wilderness and took in what he saw, the Israelites camped out tribe by tribe, which is when he got the third message from God. The message was another blessing which angered King Balak and he refused to reward Balaam.