All sacrifices, offerings, and ceremonies in
these chapters were to lead men to appreciate the
wonderful enjoyment they had in fellowship with the
Lord. He alone is the all-sufficient Saviour from sin.
We should seek Him and trust in Him.

The Lord went before them, “…the pillar of the
cloud departed not from them by day,” “…forty years
didst thou sustain them in the wilderness…” (Nehemiah
9:19,21). The Lord defended them, protected them, caused
them to be victorious over their enemies, and supplied
their every need. As they looked back on their
experiences, every offering and sacrifice was a time of
deep gratitude, a time of enjoyment and thanksgiving.
“Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.
Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is
at hand” (Philippians 4:4,5).

The laws regulating vows are given in chapter
30. The man who keeps his word and performs all he vows
illustrates the sanctity and importance of the vow in
ancient Israel. These injunctions involved vows of
pledges made by women in which men were involved as the
heads of households, and were exceptions to the general
rule that anyone who made a vow must perform it. The vow
of an unmarried daughter living at home might be
annulled by her father, or that of a married woman by
her husband, but only if the objection to it was stated
at the time the vow was made. If the woman did not
fulfill the vow, the man had to do so.