Numbers 30
Vows Made by Men
30:11 Moses told the leaders2 of the tribes concerning the Israelites, “This is what3 the
Vows Made by Single Women
30:3 “If a young9 woman who is still living10 in her father’s house makes a vow to the
Vows Made by Married Women
30:6 “And if she marries a husband while under a vow,16 or she uttered17 anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself,
30:7 and her husband hears about it, but remains silent about her when he hears about it, then her vows will stand and her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand.
30:8 But if when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify18 the vow she has taken,19 and whatever she uttered impulsively which she has pledged for herself. And the
Vows Made by Widows
30:9 “But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.20
30:10 If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,
30:11 and her husband heard about it, but remained silent about her, and did not overrule her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation which she pledged for herself will stand.
30:12 But if her husband clearly nullifies21 them when he hears them, then whatever she says22 by way of vows or obligations will not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the
30:13 “Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her,23 her husband can confirm or nullify.24 30:14 But if her husband remains completely silent25 about her from day to day, he thus confirms all her vows or all her obligations which she is under; he confirms them because he remained silent about when he heard them. 30:15 But if he should nullify them after he has heard them, then he will bear her iniquity.”26
30:16 These are the statutes that the