It is our duty, our responsibility, to present the offerings to God (chs. 28—29), whereas vows are voluntary. If we simply fulfill God’s requirements, we have not yet come up to the highest standard. In addition to carrying out our duty and responsibility to fulfill God’s requirements, God wants us to make a vow to Him, volunteering ourselves in a definite and particular way (Lev. 27; Num. 6). The higher our vow is, the more the Lord will use us to fulfill His economy.

Here the woman signifies a believer, and the father signifies God the Father. In the sight of God, all believers are females (2 Cor. 11:2). The final decision concerning any vow we make to God will be decided by the Father (vv. 3-5).

The husband here signifies Christ the Lord (Rom. 7:2-4). As believers, we all have God as our Father and Christ as our Lord. As females who are in the house of our Father and who have Christ as our Husband, we do not have the right to make the final decision concerning our vows. The final decision should be made either by God the Father or by Christ the Lord. This indicates that in relation to God the Father and Christ the Lord, the believers have lost their rights. Neither before God the Father nor before Christ the Lord do we have any rights (cf. Rom. 1:1 and note Rom. 1:12, par. 1).