Numbers 30

1 And Moses speaks to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, “This [is] the thing which YHWH has commanded:

Moses told the tribal leaders of Israel, “This is what the Lord commands:

2 When a man vows a vow to YHWH, or has sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he does not defile his word; he does according to all that is going out from his mouth.

If 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.

3 And when a woman vows a vow to YHWH, and has bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth,

If 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

4 and her father has heard her vow and her bond which she has bound on her soul, and her father has kept silent to her, then all her vows have been established, and every bond which she has bound on her soul is established.

and 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.

5 And if her father has disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which she has bound on her soul are established, and YHWH is propitious to her, for her father has disallowed her.

But 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.

6 And if she is having a husband, and her vows [are] on her, or a wrongful utterance [on] her lips which she has bound on her soul,

If a woman marries after having made a solemn promise or sworn an oath without thinking

7 and her husband has heard, and in the day of his hearing he has kept silent to her, then her vows have been established, and her bonds which she has bound on her soul are established.

and 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.

8 And if in the day of her husband’s hearing he disallows her, then he has broken her vow which [is] on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she has bound on her soul, and YHWH is propitious to her.

But 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.

9 As for the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she has bound on her soul is established on her.

Every solemn promise made by a widow or a woman who is divorced must be kept.

10 And if she has vowed [in] the house of her husband, or has bound a bond on her soul with an oath,

If a woman living with her husband makes a solemn promise to the Lord or pledges to do something by swearing an oath,

11 and her husband has heard, and has kept silent to her—he has not disallowed her—then all her vows have been established, and every bond which she has bound on her soul is established.

and her husband finds out about her promise or pledge but doesn't say anything to her and doesn't disallow them, then none of her promises or pledges remain valid.

12 And if her husband certainly breaks them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established—her husband has broken them—and YHWH is propitious to her.

But 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.

13 Every vow and every oath—a bond to humble a soul—her husband establishes it, or her husband breaks it;

Her husband may also confirm or disallow any solemn promise or pledge the woman may make for self-denial.

14 and if her husband certainly keeps silent to her from day to day, then he has established all her vows or all her bonds which [are] on her; he has established them, for he has kept silent to her in the day of his hearing;

But 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.

15 and if he indeed breaks them after his hearing, then he has borne her iniquity.”

However, if he disallows them some time later after finding out about them, then he will bear the responsibility for her breaking them.”

16 These [are] the statutes which YHWH has commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, [in] the house of her father.

These 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.