Numbers 30

1 Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.

2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.

When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.

3 And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,

If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking;

4 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

If her father, hearing of her oath or the undertaking she has given, says nothing to her, then all her oaths and every undertaking she has given will have force.

5 But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.

But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father.

6 If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,

And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;

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

If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force.

8 But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her.

But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

9 Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.

But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.

10 If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,

If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,

11 and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

And her husband, hearing of it, said nothing to her and did not put a stop to it, then all her oaths and every undertaking she gave will have force.

12 But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.

But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

13 Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband.

14 But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them.

But if the days go on, and her husband says nothing whatever to her, then he is giving the support of his authority to her oaths and undertakings, because at the time of hearing them he said nothing to her.

15 But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.”

But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.

16 These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.

These are the laws which the Lord gave Moses in relation to a man and his wife, or a father and a young daughter who is under his authority.