Numbers, 30

1. Moses told the Israelites exactly what Yahweh had ordered him.

1. Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the people of Israel, "This is what the LORD has commanded.

2. Moses spoke to the tribal leaders of the Israelites and said, 'This is what Yahweh has ordered:

2. When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

3. "If a man makes a vow to Yahweh or a formal pledge under oath, he must not break his word: whatever he promises by word of mouth he must do.

3. Or when a woman vows a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father's house, in her youth,

4. "If a woman makes a vow to Yahweh or a formal pledge during her youth, while she is still in her father's house,

4. and her father hears of her vow and of her pledge by which she has bound herself, and says nothing to her; then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand.

5. and if her father hears about this vow or pledge made by her and says nothing to her, her vow, whatever it may be, will be binding, and the pledge she has taken, whatever it may be, will be binding.

5. But if her father expresses disapproval to her on the day that he hears of it, no vow of hers, no pledge by which she has bound herself, shall stand; and the LORD will forgive her, because her father opposed her.

6. But if her father on the day he learns of it expresses his disapproval of it, then none of the vows or pledges she has taken will be binding. Yahweh will not hold her to it, since her father has expressed his disapproval.

6. And if she is married to a husband, while under her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,

7. "If, being bound by vows or by a pledge voiced without due reflection, she then marries,

7. and her husband hears of it, and says nothing to her on the day that he hears; then her vows shall stand, and her pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

8. and if her husband hears of it but says nothing on the day he learns of it, her vows will be binding and the pledges she has taken will be binding.

8. But if, on the day that her husband comes to hear of it, he expresses disapproval, then he shall make void her vow which was on her, and the thoughtless utterance of her lips, by which she bound herself; and the LORD will forgive her.

9. But if on the day he learns of it he expresses his disapproval to her, this will annul the vow that she has made or the pledge that binds her, voiced without due reflection. Yahweh will not hold her to it.

9. But any vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, anything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

10. "The vow of a widow or a divorced woman and all pledges taken by her are binding on her.

10. And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,

11. "If she has made a vow or taken a pledge under oath while in her husband's house,

11. and her husband heard of it, and said nothing to her, and did not oppose her; then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she bound herself shall stand.

12. and if when the husband learns of it he says nothing to her and does not express disapproval to her, then the vow, whatever it is, will be binding, and the pledge, whatever it is, will be binding.

12. But if her husband makes them null and void on the day that he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning her pledge of herself, shall not stand: her husband has made them void, and the LORD will forgive her.

13. But if the husband when he hears of it annuls it on the day he learns of it, no undertaking of hers, be it vow or pledge, will be binding. Since the husband has annulled it, Yahweh will not hold her to it.

13. Any vow and any binding oath to afflict herself, her husband may establish, or her husband may make void.

14. "Every vow or oath that is binding on the wife may be endorsed or annulled by the husband.

14. But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows, or all her pledges, that are upon her; he has established them, because he said nothing to her on the day that he heard of them.

15. "If by the following day the husband has said nothing to her, it means that he endorses her vow, whatever it may be, or her pledge, whatever it may be. He endorses them if he says nothing on the day he learns of them.

15. But if he makes them null and void after he has heard of them, then he shall bear her iniquity."

16. But if, having learnt of them, he annuls them later, he will bear the consequences for his wife's guilt." '

16. These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses, as between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter, while in her youth, within her father's house.

17. Such were the laws which Yahweh prescribed to Moses, concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter while still young and living in her father's home.

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