< Numbers 30 >

1 And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, 'This [is] the thing which Jehovah 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 'When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.
“If a man solemnly promises Yahweh that he will do something, he must do what he promised.
3 'And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father 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 hath heard her vow, and her bond which she hath bound on her soul, and her father hath kept silent at her, then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.
and if her father hears about what she promised, and if he does not object, she must do what she promised [DOU].
5 'And if her father hath disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul is established, and Jehovah is propitious to her, for 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 at all to a husband, and her vows [are] on her, or a wrongful utterance [on] her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,
“If a woman promises Yahweh that she will do something, but then she gets married,
7 and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established.
if her husband hears about what she promised to do, and he does not object, she must do what she promised [DOU].
8 'And if in the day of her husband's hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which [is] on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to 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 'As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.
“If a widow or a woman who has been divorced makes a promise, she must do what she promised.
10 'And if [in] the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath,
“If a woman who is married promises [DOU] to do something,
11 and her husband hath heard, and hath kept silent at her — he hath not disallowed her — then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.
and if her husband hears about it but does not object, she must do what she promised.
12 'And if her husband doth certainly break 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 hath broken them — and Jehovah is propitious to 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 oath — a bond to humble a soul — her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break 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 and if her husband certainly keep silent at her, from day unto day, then he hath established all her vows, or all her bonds which [are] upon her; he hath established them, for he hath kept silent at her in the day of his hearing;
If he does not object for several days [after he hears about it], she must do what she promised.
15 and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne 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 Jehovah hath commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, [in] the house of her father.
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.

< Numbers 30 >