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Numbers 30
Revised Geneva Translation
Numbers 30
Revised Geneva Translation
30 Moses also spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the LORD has Commanded,
2 ‘Whoever vows a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself by a bond, he shall not break his promise, but shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
3 ‘If a woman also vows a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by a bond, in her father’s house, in the time of her youth,
4 ‘and her father hears her vow and bond (with which she has bound herself), and her father holds his peace concerning her, then all her vows shall stand and every bond with which she has bound herself shall stand.
5 ‘But, if her father forbids her the same day that he hears all her vows and bonds with which she has bound herself, they shall not be of value and the LORD will forgive her, because her father forbade her.
6 ‘And if she has a husband when she vows or pronounces anything with her lips (with which she binds herself)—
7 ‘if her husband heard it and holds his peace concerning her the same day he hears it—then her vow shall stand and her bonds with which she binds herself shall stand in effect.
8 ‘But if her husband forbids her the same day that he hears it, then shall he make her vow which she has made (and that that she has pronounced with her lips, with which she bound herself) of no effect. And the LORD will forgive her.
9 ‘But every vow of a widow, and of she that is divorced (with which she has bound herself) shall stand in effect with her.
10 ‘And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself straightly with an oath,
11 ‘and her husband has heard it and held his peace concerning her, not disallowing her, then all her vows shall stand. And every bond with which she bound herself shall stand in effect.
12 ‘But if her husband voided them the same day that he heard them, nothing that proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning her bonds shall stand in effect. Her husband has voided them. And the LORD will forgive her.
13 ‘Every vow and every oath or bond, made to humble the soul, her husband may establish it. Or, her husband may break it.
14 ‘But if her husband holds his peace concerning her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows and all her bonds which she has made. He has confirmed them because he held his peace concerning her the same day that he heard them.
15 ‘But if he breaks them after he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.’”
16 These are the Ordinances which the LORD Commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being young in her father’s house.
Numbers 30
New International Version
Numbers 30
New International Version
Vows
30 [a]Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel:(A) “This is what the Lord commands: 2 When a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.(B)
3 “When a young woman still living in her father’s household makes a vow to the Lord or obligates herself by a pledge 4 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all her vows and every pledge by which she obligated herself will stand.(C) 5 But if her father forbids her(D) when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; the Lord will release her because her father has forbidden her.
6 “If she marries after she makes a vow(E) or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself 7 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. 8 But if her husband(F) forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that obligates her or the rash promise by which she obligates herself, and the Lord will release her.(G)
9 “Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her.
10 “If a woman living with her husband makes a vow or obligates herself by a pledge under oath 11 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her and does not forbid her, then all her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. 12 But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand.(H) Her husband has nullified them, and the Lord will release her. 13 Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself.[b] 14 But if her husband says nothing to her about it from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or the pledges binding on her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears about them. 15 If, however, he nullifies them(I) some time after he hears about them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.”
16 These are the regulations the Lord gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and his young daughter still living at home.
Footnotes
- Numbers 30:1 In Hebrew texts 30:1-16 is numbered 30:2-17.
- Numbers 30:13 Or to fast
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