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:

And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, This is what Jehovah hath commanded.

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

If a man vow a vow to Jehovah, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word; according to all that hath gone out of his mouth shall he do.

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

If a woman also vow a vow to Jehovah, and bind herself by a bond, in her father's house in her youth,

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

and her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall be silent at her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

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 prohibited her in the day that he heard, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand; and Jehovah shall pardon her, because her father prohibited her.

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

And if she have a husband, when she hath her vow upon her or ought that hath passed her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul,

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

and her husband hear it and be silent at her in the day that he heareth it, then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

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 prohibit her on the day that he heareth it, and annul her vow which is upon her, and what hath passed her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, then Jehovah shall pardon her.

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

But the vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, — everything wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand against her.

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

And if she have vowed in her husband's house, or have bound her soul by an oath with a bond,

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

and her husband have heard it, and been silent at her, and hath not prohibited her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

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 have expressly annulled them on the day that he heard them, then nothing of that which is gone out of her lips as to her vows or the bond on her soul, shall stand: her husband hath annulled them; and Jehovah will pardon 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, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband can establish it, or her husband can annul it.

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

And if her husband be altogether silent at her from day to day, then he hath established all her vows or all her bonds which are upon her; he hath confirmed them, for he hath been silent at her in the day that he heard 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.”

But if he in any way annul them after he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.

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, which Jehovah commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth in her father's house.