Having, in our “Notes on Leviticus,” offered to the reader what God has given to us in the way of light on the sacrifices and feasts, we do not feel led to dwell upon them here. That little volume can be had of the publishers, and the reader will find in chapters i.-viii. and chapter xxxiii. what may interest and help him in reference to the subjects treated of in the two chapters on which we have been dwelling. CHAPTER XXX. This brief section has what we may term a dispensational bearing. It applies specially to Israel, and treats of the question of vows and bonds. The man and the woman stand in marked contrast in relation to this subject. “If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.” (Ver. 2.) In reference to the woman, the case was different. “If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth; and her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.” (Ver. 3-5.) The same thing applied in the case of a wife. Her husband could either confirm or annul all her vows and bonds. Such was the law with regard to vows. There was no relief for the man. He was bound to go right through with whatever had proceeded out of his mouth. Whatever he undertook to do, he was solemnly and irreversibly held to it. There was no back door, as we say—no way of getting out of it. Now, we know who, in perfect grace, took this position, and voluntarily bound Himself to accomplish the will of God, whatever that will might be. We know who it is that says, “I will pay My vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all His people.” “The Man Christ Jesus,” who, having taken the vows upon Him, discharged them perfectly to the glory of God and the eternal blessing of His people. There was no escape for Him. We hear Him exclaiming, in the deep anguish of His soul, in the garden of Gethsemane, “If it be possible, let this cup pass from Me.” But it was not possible. He had undertaken the work of man’s salvation, and He had to go through the deep and dark waters of death, judgment, and wrath, and perfectly meet all the consequences of man’s condition. He had a baptism to be baptized with, and was straitened until it was accomplished. In other words, He had to die, in order that, by death, He might open the pent-up floodgates, and allow the mighty tide of divine and everlasting love to flow down to His people. All praise and adoration be to His peerless name forever!