ואם בית אישה נדרה. האלמנה בימים הקדמונים והניא אותה לא תקיים נדרה בימי אלמנותה וזה על דבר העתיד שנדרה ומת הבעל קודם הגעת הזמן. מלת סליחה מפורשת: AND IF A WOMAN VOWED IN HER HUSBAND’S HOUSE. If the widow vowed in an earlier time and her husband disallowed it, then she does not have to keep the vow in her widowhood. This speaks about a vow which she vowed regarding the future, and the husband died before the vow was to take effect.17Otherwise our verse would be repeating verse 9. For if a husband can annul his wife’s vow which was made when she was under her father’s charge, he can certainly annul avow made under his charge. Hence I.E. explains that our verse deals with a divorcee or widow who uttered a vow while married and had the vow nullified by her husband, who died before the vow became due. Our verse teaches that in such a case the nullification of the vow retains its efficacy. The meaning of selichah (forgiveness) has been previously explained.18See I.E. on Num. 14:19.