< Numbers 30 >

1 And he said to the leaders of the tribes of the sons of Israel: “This is the word, which the Lord has instructed:
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־רָאשֵׁי הַמַּטּוֹת לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהֹוָֽה׃
2 If any man makes a vow to the Lord, or binds himself by an oath, he shall not make his word null and void, but all that he has promised, he shall fulfill.
אִישׁ כִּֽי־יִדֹּר נֶדֶר לַֽיהֹוָה אֽוֹ־הִשָּׁבַע שְׁבֻעָה לֶאְסֹר אִסָּר עַל־נַפְשׁוֹ לֹא יַחֵל דְּבָרוֹ כְּכׇל־הַיֹּצֵא מִפִּיו יַעֲשֶֽׂה׃
3 If a woman, who is in her father’s house, vows anything, or binds herself by an oath, and she is still in a state of childhood, if her father knew of the vow which she has promised or of the oath by which she has obligated her soul, and he kept silent, she shall be liable to the vow:
וְאִשָּׁה כִּֽי־תִדֹּר נֶדֶר לַיהֹוָה וְאָסְרָה אִסָּר בְּבֵית אָבִיהָ בִּנְעֻרֶֽיהָ׃
4 whatever she has promised or swore, she shall complete in deed.
וְשָׁמַע אָבִיהָ אֶת־נִדְרָהּ וֶֽאֱסָרָהּ אֲשֶׁר אָֽסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ וְהֶחֱרִישׁ לָהּ אָבִיהָ וְקָמוּ כׇּל־נְדָרֶיהָ וְכׇל־אִסָּר אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ יָקֽוּם׃
5 But if her father, as soon as he had heard it, had contradicted it, both her vows and her oaths shall be nullified, neither shall she be held liable to the promise, because her father had contradicted it.
וְאִם־הֵנִיא אָבִיהָ אֹתָהּ בְּיוֹם שׇׁמְעוֹ כׇּל־נְדָרֶיהָ וֶֽאֱסָרֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ לֹא יָקוּם וַֽיהֹוָה יִֽסְלַח־לָהּ כִּי־הֵנִיא אָבִיהָ אֹתָֽהּ׃
6 If she has a husband, and she has vowed anything, then, once the word has gone out of her mouth, she will have obligated her soul by an oath.
וְאִם־הָיוֹ תִֽהְיֶה לְאִישׁ וּנְדָרֶיהָ עָלֶיהָ אוֹ מִבְטָא שְׂפָתֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר אָסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָֽׁהּ׃
7 On the day that her husband will hear of it, and yet not contradict it, she shall be liable to the vow, and she shall repay whatever she has promised.
וְשָׁמַע אִישָׁהּ בְּיוֹם שׇׁמְעוֹ וְהֶחֱרִישׁ לָהּ וְקָמוּ נְדָרֶיהָ וֶֽאֱסָרֶהָ אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ יָקֻֽמוּ׃
8 But if, as soon as he hears it, he contradicts it, then he will have caused her promises, and the words by which she had bound her soul, to be null and void. The Lord will be favorable to her.
וְאִם בְּיוֹם שְׁמֹעַ אִישָׁהּ יָנִיא אוֹתָהּ וְהֵפֵר אֶת־נִדְרָהּ אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָ וְאֵת מִבְטָא שְׂפָתֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר אָסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ וַיהֹוָה יִֽסְלַֽח־לָֽהּ׃
9 Widows and divorced women shall repay whatever they have vowed.
וְנֵדֶר אַלְמָנָה וּגְרוּשָׁה כֹּל אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ יָקוּם עָלֶֽיהָ׃
10 If a wife in the house of her husband has bound herself by a vow or an oath,
וְאִם־בֵּית אִישָׁהּ נָדָרָה אֽוֹ־אָסְרָה אִסָּר עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ בִּשְׁבֻעָֽה׃
11 if her husband heard it and remained silent, and he did not contradict the promise, she shall repay what she had promised.
וְשָׁמַע אִישָׁהּ וְהֶחֱרִשׁ לָהּ לֹא הֵנִיא אֹתָהּ וְקָמוּ כׇּל־נְדָרֶיהָ וְכׇל־אִסָּר אֲשֶׁר־אָסְרָה עַל־נַפְשָׁהּ יָקֽוּם׃
12 But if he promptly contradicts it, she shall not be held liable to the promise. For her husband has contradicted it. And the Lord will be favorable to her.
וְאִם־הָפֵר יָפֵר אֹתָם ׀ אִישָׁהּ בְּיוֹם שׇׁמְעוֹ כׇּל־מוֹצָא שְׂפָתֶיהָ לִנְדָרֶיהָ וּלְאִסַּר נַפְשָׁהּ לֹא יָקוּם אִישָׁהּ הֲפֵרָם וַיהֹוָה יִֽסְלַֽח־לָֽהּ׃
13 If she has vowed or bound herself by oath, in order to afflict her soul by fasting, or by abstaining from other things, it shall be for the arbitration of her husband, as to whether or not she may do it.
כׇּל־נֵדֶר וְכׇל־שְׁבֻעַת אִסָּר לְעַנֹּת נָפֶשׁ אִישָׁהּ יְקִימֶנּוּ וְאִישָׁהּ יְפֵרֶֽנּוּ׃
14 But if the husband, upon hearing it, remains silent, and he delays judgment until another day, whatever she had vowed or promised, she shall repay, because when he first heard it, he remained silent.
וְאִם־הַחֲרֵשׁ יַחֲרִישׁ לָהּ אִישָׁהּ מִיּוֹם אֶל־יוֹם וְהֵקִים אֶת־כׇּל־נְדָרֶיהָ אוֹ אֶת־כׇּל־אֱסָרֶיהָ אֲשֶׁר עָלֶיהָ הֵקִים אֹתָם כִּי־הֶחֱרִשׁ לָהּ בְּיוֹם שׇׁמְעֽוֹ׃
15 And if he contradicted it only sometime after he had known about it, he shall bear his iniquity.”
וְאִם־הָפֵר יָפֵר אֹתָם אַחֲרֵי שׇׁמְעוֹ וְנָשָׂא אֶת־עֲוֺנָֽהּ׃
16 These are the laws which the Lord has appointed to Moses, between a husband and a wife, between a father and a daughter, who is still in the state of childhood or who remains in her father’s house.
אֵלֶּה הַֽחֻקִּים אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְהֹוָה אֶת־מֹשֶׁה בֵּין אִישׁ לְאִשְׁתּוֹ בֵּֽין־אָב לְבִתּוֹ בִּנְעֻרֶיהָ בֵּית אָבִֽיהָ׃

< Numbers 30 >