NumbersChapter 30

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¹Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of Israel. He said, "This is what the LORD has commanded. ²If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself to a promise, he must not break his word. He must do everything he said he would do. ³If a young woman still living in her father's house makes a vow to the LORD, or binds herself with a promise, ⁴and her father hears about her vow or promise but says nothing to her, then all her vows and promises that she has bound herself to will stand. ⁵But if her father forbids it on the day he hears about it, then none of her vows or promises that she has bound herself to will stand. The LORD will release her, because her father has forbidden it. ⁶If a woman gets married while she is under a vow, or under a careless promise that binds her, ⁷and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her on that day, then her vows and promises that she has bound herself to will stand. ⁸But if her husband forbids it when he hears about it, he cancels the vow that binds her or the careless promise she made. And the LORD will release her. ⁹A widow or a divorced woman must keep every vow she promises to keep. ¹⁰If a woman living in her husband's house makes a vow, or binds herself to something with an oath, ¹¹and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her and does not forbid it, then all her vows and promises that she has bound herself to will stand. ¹²But if her husband cancels them on the day he hears about them, then nothing she said will stand, whether vows or promises. Her husband has canceled them, and the LORD will release her. ¹³Her husband may approve or cancel any vow she makes. He may approve or cancel any promise she swears to deny herself. ¹⁴But if her husband says nothing to her about it day after day, then he approves all her vows and promises that bind her. He has approved them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them. ¹⁵But if he cancels them some time after he hears about them, then he will carry the guilt for her sin." ¹⁶These are the rules the LORD gave Moses. They are about a man and his wife, and about a father and his young daughter who still lives in his home.