Numbers 30

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

And he said to the leaders of the tribes of the sons of Israel: “This is the word, which the Lord has instructed:

2 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.

If any man makes a vow to the Lord, or binds himself by an oath, he shall not make his word null and void, but all that he has promised, he shall fulfill.

3 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

If a woman, who is in her father’s house, vows anything, or binds herself by an oath, and she is still in a state of childhood, if her father knew of the vow which she has promised or of the oath by which she has obligated her soul, and he kept silent, she shall be liable to the vow:

4 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.

whatever she has promised or swore, she shall complete in deed.

5 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.

But if her father, as soon as he had heard it, had contradicted it, both her vows and her oaths shall be nullified, neither shall she be held liable to the promise, because her father had contradicted it.

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

If she has a husband, and she has vowed anything, then, once the word has gone out of her mouth, she will have obligated her soul by an oath.

7 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.

On the day that her husband will hear of it, and yet not contradict it, she shall be liable to the vow, and she shall repay whatever she has promised.

8 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.

But if, as soon as he hears it, he contradicts it, then he will have caused her promises, and the words by which she had bound her soul, to be null and void. The Lord will be favorable to her.

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

Widows and divorced women shall repay whatever they have vowed.

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

If a wife in the house of her husband has bound herself by a vow or an oath,

11 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.

if her husband heard it and remained silent, and he did not contradict the promise, she shall repay what she had promised.

12 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.

But if he promptly contradicts it, she shall not be held liable to the promise. For her husband has contradicted it. And the Lord will be favorable to her.

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

If she has vowed or bound herself by oath, in order to afflict her soul by fasting, or by abstaining from other things, it shall be for the arbitration of her husband, as to whether or not she may do it.

14 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.

But if the husband, upon hearing it, remains silent, and he delays judgment until another day, whatever she had vowed or promised, she shall repay, because when he first heard it, he remained silent.

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

And if he contradicted it only sometime after he had known about it, he shall bear his iniquity.”

16 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.

These are the laws which the Lord has appointed to Moses, between a husband and a wife, between a father and a daughter, who is still in the state of childhood or who remains in her father’s house.