Numbers 30

1 Moses/I spoke with the leaders of the Israeli tribes. He/I told them these commands that Yahweh had given to him/me:

Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of the people of Israel. He said, “This is what Yahweh has commanded.

2 “If a man solemnly promises Yahweh that he will do something, he must do what he promised.

When anyone makes a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind himself with a promise, he must not break his word. He must keep his promise to do everything that comes out of his mouth.

3 “If a young woman who is still living with her parents solemnly promises to Yahweh to do something,

When a young woman living in her father's house makes a vow to Yahweh and binds herself with a promise,

4 and if her father hears about what she promised, and if he does not object, she must do what she promised [DOU].

if her father hears the vow and the promise by which she has bound herself, and if he says nothing to reverse her, then all her vows will remain in force. Every promise by which she has bound herself will remain in force.

5 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.

But if her father hears about her vow and her promise, and if he says nothing to her, then all the vows and promises that she took on herself will remain in force.

6 “If a woman promises Yahweh that she will do something, but then she gets married,

However, if her father hears all the vows she made and her solemn promises with which she has bound herself, and if he overrules her on that same day, then they will not remain in force. Yahweh will forgive her because her father had overruled her.

7 if her husband hears about what she promised to do, and he does not object, she must do what she promised [DOU].

If she marries a man while she is under those vows, or if she makes rash promises with which she obligates herself, those obligations will remain in force.

8 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.

But if her husband stops her on the day that he hears about it, then he cancels the vow that she has made, the rash talk of her lips with which she has bound herself. Yahweh will release her.

9 “If a widow or a woman who has been divorced makes a promise, she must do what she promised.

But as for a widow or a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself will remain in force against her.

10 “If a woman who is married promises [DOU] to do something,

If a woman made a vow in her husband's house or obligates herself by taking an oath,

11 and if her husband hears about it but does not object, she must do what she promised.

and her husband hears of it, but he says nothing to her and he does oppose her, then all her vows must stand and the obligations she made must remain in force.

12 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.

But if her husband cancels them on the day that he heard about them, then whatever came out of her lips about her vows or promises will not remain in force. Her husband has canceled them. Yahweh will release her.

13 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.

Every vow or oath a woman takes that binds her to deny herself something may be confirmed or canceled by her husband.

14 If he does not object for several days [after he hears about it], she must do what she promised.

But if he says nothing at all to her day after day, then he confirms all her vows and binding promises that she has made. He has confirmed them because he has said nothing to her at the time that he heard about them.

15 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.”

If her husband tries to cancel his wife's vow a long time after he has heard about it, then he will be responsible for her sin.”

16 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.

These are the statutes that Yahweh commanded Moses to announce—statutes for what is between a man and his wife and between a father and his daughter when she is in her youth in her father's family.