Numbers 30:10-12​—How do we know that Elkanah approved of Hannah’s vow to offer Samuel to Jehovah’s service? (1Sa 1:11; it-2 28 ¶1)

Persons could be devoted to Jehovah’s exclusive service in connection with the sanctuary. It was a right that parents could exercise. Samuel was one such person, promised to tabernacle service by a vow of his mother Hannah before his birth. This vow was approved by her husband Elkanah. As soon as Samuel was weaned, Hannah offered him at the sanctuary. Along with him, Hannah brought an animal sacrifice. (1Sa 1:11, 22-28; 2:11) Samson was another child specially devoted to God’s service as a Nazirite.​—Jg 13:2-5, 11-14; compare the father’s authority over a daughter as outlined in Nu 30:3-5, 16.

What spiritual gems from this week’s Bible reading would you like to share regarding Jehovah, the field ministry, or something else?

Numbers 30:2-9, 31: This shows the authority that Jehovah granted to the head of household the husband. We see hear that Jehovah granted the husband the authority to nullified a vow made by his wife or daughter made without his permission and it becomes known to him and for whatever reason he feel it was not a wise vow.  We should appreciate the headship arrangement since Jehovah is ultimate head and we need to listen to him because it does affect our future life.  (1Co 11:3; 15:27-28; Eph 5:24-25; 1Pe 3:12)

Numbers 30:  We may wonder are Christian obligated to keep their vow to Jehovah since they are not under the Law? Yes Christian must keep their vow to Jehovah for we are told by his Jesus at Mt 5:33 ”you must pay your vows to Jehovah.”  Yes, even if the vow we make to Jehovah is going to be painful, we still must honor our word to Jehovah, like Jephʹthah who beloved daughter who came out to meet him upon his victorious return. The vow we make today is our dedicating our life to Jehovah and to do his will. (Ps 50:14, 17; Ec 5:4; Jg 11:30-34; Mt 16:24; Col 3:20)

Numbers 30: One of the main reasons we must keep our vow to Jehovah is because if we do not keep a vow we are sinning against Jehovah. Yes, we are told at De 23:21 ‘If you make a vow to Jehovah your God, do not be slow about paying it. For Jehovah your God will surely require it of you; otherwise, it will be a sin on your part. We can be sure that no sinner will enter Jehovah’s Kingdom. (Ec 5:4, 6; Jg 11:35; 1Co 6:9-10)

Numbers 31:8, 16-17:  We see Jehovah execution of Divine Judgment upon the ungodly. Like the Israelites loose conduct cause 24,000 to die because of Balaam counsel. Also Jehovah’s judgement day came for Balaam who met a violent death by the hands of the ones he supposed to curse. Also we see in verse 16 &17 Mid-i-an-ites woman was kill because they had relations with the Israelites.  Yet there is a larger Judgment Day of Jehovah coming for all those who are not on his side and who did not listen to the god news. (2Th 1:6-9;; Ro 2:8; Re 19:11-18; 16:16; 2Pe 3:5-7; Mt 24:36-39)

In chapter 30 I am very grateful to Jehovah that he greatly values ​​the service I give him and the vows I make to him, he does not see me as part of a group but individually as a woman as a wife and not only that it also helps me fulfill them. 

In number 31: 2 Jehovah orders to exact revenge on the Midianites they were not among the nations that Jehovah was going to remove from Israel, however due to their reckless behavior Jehovah ordered to annihilate them, this story helps me to see that Jehovah He will not leave unpunished those nations that treat our brothers unjustly at present and prevent them from serving him freely. It also makes me trust that in the future when Gob de Magob rises up against his people, Jehovah will also act as the great deliverer.

In chapter 30 verse 1 uses the expression Jehovah has ordered here I see that it is Jehovah’s love behind those clear orders for his nation, today Jehovah also guides us by his love and he does it through an organization world.

And now it is like there are many people who do not believe in religion because religious leaders seek only to earn money for their own interest but in numbers 31 verses 28 to 30 it is shown that Jehovah is different because by dividing the spoils he demonstrated his generosity in keeping the least of it allowing his people to enjoy the best.

Verses 49 and 50 of chapter 31 mention that the men in charge of the army wanted to make a thank offering, the interesting thing is that they had already given part of the spoil to Jehovah as an obligatory tax but their gratitude prompted them to give more, In my case, reading the Bible daily, attending meetings and preaching is part of my mandatory service, but true gratitude should motivate us to seek new ways to expand our services.

In numbers 30:16 we see Phineas in action again, what he teaches me about this man is that it is not only a single act that will determine that he has the approval of Jehovah but, like this faithful servant, be willing to worship Jehovah with all my heart every day and let him know that so to speak he is counting on me to take care of any assignment.

In numbers chapter 31 verse 18 we see how Jehovah forgave some 32 Midianite women because they were not contaminated with men, so this can also teach us how it is that Jehovah was not seeing crowds only Midianites he saw people he paid attention to loyalty that these women demonstrated even when they were surrounded by people or Israelites who invited them to sin, how reassuring it is to see that in our case Jehovah also does not forget us, he also looks at the loyalty that each of us personally demonstrate while we are living in this dominated world by Satan.

In numbers 30:18 it speaks of Balaam’s death finally and we can see that although he was able to see Jehovah’s power in action this did not make him a worshiper of his, he stubbornly continued after the greed after the wealth that he was promised to oppose Jehovah, so ultimately Jehovah had to execute judgment against him by destroying him.

Chapter 31 verse 2 Jehovah uses such simple words to refer to death when he says Moses will be reunited with your people when Jesus was on earth, he used simple words when he said that Lazarus was sleeping or was resting for Jehovah, it is not difficult to give life again to people who have died this verse helps me to be able to teach people so that they too see that Jehovah has all the power to be able to give life again to his loved ones who have died. 

In numbers 31: 9 it is related how the Israelites took prisoner children and women from Midian, a situation for which Moses was upset and corrected them, the Israelites had not understood the seriousness of the situation even because they had died a short time ago Perhaps 24,000 of them were carried away by emotions and believed that what they were doing was not so bad, but their bad example helps me to see how important it is not to get carried away by my emotions but that to make wise decisions it is necessary to train my ability of discernment to distinguish right from wrong. 

Numbers chapter 30 verse 31 to 40 we also see how it is that Jehovah’s vengeance is controlled since he did not kill everyone equally speaking of the Midianites and we can also see it just that this revenge is since the distribution of the spoil brought benefit but only to those who demonstrated trust in him.