Numbers 30
30
1Moses told the tribal leaders of Israel, “This is what the Lord commands: 2If a man makes a solemn promise to the Lord, or pledges to do something by swearing an oath, he must not break his promise. He must do everything he said he would.
3If a woman who's young and still living in her father's house makes a solemn promise to the Lord or pledges to do something by swearing an oath 4and her father finds out about her promise or pledge but doesn't say anything to her, all the promises or pledges she has sworn to do will stand. 5But if her father disallows them as soon as he finds out, then none of her promises or pledges remain valid. The Lord will release her from keeping them because her father has disallowed them.
6If a woman marries after having made a solemn promise or sworn an oath without thinking 7and her husband finds out about it but doesn't say anything to her right away, all the promises or pledges she has sworn to do will stand. 8But if her husband disallows them when he finds out about it, then none of her promises or oaths remain valid and the Lord will release her from keeping them.
9Every solemn promise made by a widow or a woman who is divorced must be kept.
10If a woman living with her husband makes a solemn promise to the Lord or pledges to do something by swearing an oath, 11and her husband finds out about her promise or pledge but doesn't say anything to her and doesn't disallow them, then all of her promises or pledges remain valid. 12But if her husband disallows them as soon as he finds out about it, then none of her promises or oaths remain valid. The Lord will release her from keeping them because her husband has disallowed them.
13Her husband may also confirm or disallow any solemn promise or pledge the woman may make for self-denial. 14But if her husband doesn't ever say a word to her about it, then he is assumed to have confirmed all the solemn promises and pledges she has made. 15However, if he disallows them some time later after finding out about them, then he will bear the responsibility for her breaking them.”
16These are the regulations that the Lord gave to Moses regarding the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a daughter who is young and still living at home.
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Bemiḏbar (Numbers) 30
30
1And Mosheh spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Yisra’ĕl, saying, “This is the word which יהוה has commanded:
2“When a man vows a vow to יהוה, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he does not break his word, he does according to all that comes out of his mouth.
3Or if a woman vows a vow to יהוה, and binds herself by some agreement while in her father’s house in her youth,”
4and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father has kept silent towards her, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself stands.
5“But if her father forbids her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her agreements by which she has bound herself stand. And יהוה pardons her, because her father has forbidden her.
6But if she at all belongs to a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself,”
7and her husband hears it, and he has kept silent towards her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her agreements by which she bound herself do stand.
8“But if her husband forbids her on the day that he hears it, then he has nullified her vow which she vowed, and the rash utterance of her lips by which she bound herself, and יהוה pardons her.
9“But any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, stands against her.
10“And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath,
11and her husband heard it, and has kept silent towards her and did not forbid her, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement by which she bound herself stands.
12“But if her husband clearly nullified them on the day he heard them, then whatever came from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the agreement binding her, it does not stand – her husband has nullified them, and יהוה pardons her.
13“Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her being, let her husband confirm it, or let her husband nullify it.
14“But if her husband is altogether silent at her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all the agreements that bind her – he confirms them, because he kept silent towards her on the day that he heard.
15But if he nullifies them after he has heard, then he shall bear her crookedness.
16These are the laws which יהוה commanded Mosheh, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter in her youth in her father’s house.
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