< Numbers 30 >
1 And Moses spoke unto the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saving, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded,
Moses/I spoke with the leaders of the Israeli tribes. He/I told them these commands that Yahweh had given to him/me:
2 If a man make a vow unto the Lord, or he swear an oath to bind his soul with an obligation: he shall not profane his word; according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth shall he do.
“If a man solemnly promises Yahweh that he will do something, he must do what he promised.
3 And if a woman make a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by an obligation, being in her father's house in her youth;
“If a young woman who is still living with her parents solemnly promises to Yahweh to do something,
4 And her father hear her vow, and her obligation wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father be silent to her: then shall all her vows stand, and every obligation wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
and if her father hears about what she promised, and if he does not object, she must do what she promised [DOU].
5 But if her father disallow her on the day that he heareth it: all her vows or her obligations, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall not stand; and the Lord will forgive her, because her father hath disallowed her.
But if her father hears about what she promised and does not allow her to do that, then she does not need to do what she promised. Yahweh will forgive her for not doing what she promised.
6 And if she be given to a man, and have vows upon her, or what she may have uttered with her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul;
“If a woman promises Yahweh that she will do something, but then she gets married,
7 And her husband hear it, and be silent to her on the day that he heareth it: then shall her vows stand, and her obligations wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand.
if her husband hears about what she promised to do, and he does not object, she must do what she promised [DOU].
8 But if on the day of her husband's hearing it, he disallow her: then doth he annul her vow which is upon her, and that which she hath uttered with her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul; and the Lord will forgive her.
But if her husband hears about it and does not allow her to do that, she does not need to do what she promised, and Yahweh will forgive her for not doing what she promised.
9 But regarding the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, all, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand for her.
“If a widow or a woman who has been divorced makes a promise, she must do what she promised.
10 And if she had vowed in her husband's house, or had bound her soul by an obligation with an oath;
“If a woman who is married promises [DOU] to do something,
11 And her husband heard it, and was silent to her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every obligation, wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand.
and if her husband hears about it but does not object, she must do what she promised.
12 But if her husband hath annulled them on the day he heard them: then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips, concerning her vows, or concerning the obligation of her soul, shall not stand; her husband hath annulled them; and the Lord will forgive her.
But if he hears about it and does not allow her to do that, she does not need to do what she promised, and Yahweh will forgive her for not doing it.
13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the person, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may annul it.
A woman’s husband may require her to do what she has promised, or he may not allow her to do what she has promised.
14 But if her husband should be silent to her from day to day: then hath he confirmed all her vows, or all her obligations, which are upon her; he hath confirmed them, because he was silent to her on the day that he heard them.
If he does not object for several days [after he hears about it], she must do what she promised.
15 But if he should annul them after [the day] that he hath heard them: then shall he bear her iniquity.
But if he waits a long time after she has promised to do something and then he tells her that he will not permit her to do it, if she does not do what she promised, [she will not be punished]; her husband is the one whom [Yahweh] will punish.”
16 These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth, in her father's house.
Those are the rules that Yahweh gave to Moses/me for husbands and wives, and for young women who are still living with their parents.