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Promesas de las mujeres

30 Moisés dijo a los jefes de las tribus de Israel: «El Señor ha ordenado que cuando un hombre haga una promesa al Señor o bajo juramento haga un compromiso, no deberá faltar a su palabra, sino que cumplirá con todo lo prometido.

»Cuando una joven, que todavía viva en casa de su padre, haga una promesa al Señor y se comprometa en algo, si su padre se entera de su promesa y de su compromiso, pero no le dice nada, entonces ella estará obligada a cumplir con todas sus promesas y compromisos. Pero si su padre se entera y no lo aprueba, todas las promesas y compromisos que la joven haya hecho quedarán anulados, y el Señor la absolverá porque fue el padre quien los desaprobó.

»Si la joven se casa después de haber hecho una promesa o un compromiso precipitado que la compromete y su esposo se entera, pero no le dice nada, entonces ella estará obligada a cumplir sus promesas y compromisos. Pero si su esposo se entera y no lo aprueba, la promesa y el compromiso que ella hizo en forma precipitada quedarán anulados, y el Señor la absolverá.

»La viuda o divorciada que haga una promesa o compromiso estará obligada a cumplirlo.

10 »Cuando una mujer casada haga una promesa o bajo juramento se comprometa en algo, 11 si su esposo se entera, pero se queda callado y no lo desaprueba, entonces ella estará obligada a cumplir todas sus promesas y compromisos. 12 Pero si su esposo se entera y los anula, entonces ninguna de las promesas o compromisos que haya hecho le serán obligatorios, pues su esposo los anuló. El Señor la absolverá.

13 »El esposo tiene la autoridad de confirmar o de anular cualquier promesa o juramento de abstinencia que ella haya hecho. 14 En cambio, si los días pasan y el esposo se queda callado, su silencio confirmará todas las promesas y compromisos contraídos por ella. El esposo los confirmará por no haber dicho nada cuando se enteró. 15 Pero si llega a anularlos después de un tiempo de haberse enterado, entonces él cargará con la culpa de su esposa».

16 Estos son los estatutos que el Señor dio a Moisés en cuanto a la relación entre esposo y esposa, y entre el padre y la hija que todavía viva en su casa.

Ley de los votos

30 Habló Moisés a los príncipes de las tribus de los hijos de Israel, diciendo: Esto es lo que Jehová ha mandado. Cuando alguno hiciere voto a Jehová, o hiciere juramento ligando su alma con obligación, no quebrantará su palabra; hará conforme a todo lo que salió de su boca.(A) Mas la mujer, cuando hiciere voto a Jehová, y se ligare con obligación en casa de su padre, en su juventud; si su padre oyere su voto, y la obligación con que ligó su alma, y su padre callare a ello, todos los votos de ella serán firmes, y toda obligación con que hubiere ligado su alma, firme será. Mas si su padre le vedare el día que oyere todos sus votos y sus obligaciones con que ella hubiere ligado su alma, no serán firmes; y Jehová la perdonará, por cuanto su padre se lo vedó. Pero si fuere casada e hiciere votos, o pronunciare de sus labios cosa con que obligue su alma; si su marido lo oyere, y cuando lo oyere callare a ello, los votos de ella serán firmes, y la obligación con que ligó su alma, firme será. Pero si cuando su marido lo oyó, le vedó, entonces el voto que ella hizo, y lo que pronunció de sus labios con que ligó su alma, será nulo; y Jehová la perdonará. Pero todo voto de viuda o repudiada, con que ligare su alma, será firme. 10 Y si hubiere hecho voto en casa de su marido, y hubiere ligado su alma con obligación de juramento, 11 si su marido oyó, y calló a ello y no le vedó, entonces todos sus votos serán firmes, y toda obligación con que hubiere ligado su alma, firme será. 12 Mas si su marido los anuló el día que los oyó, todo lo que salió de sus labios cuanto a sus votos, y cuanto a la obligación de su alma, será nulo; su marido los anuló, y Jehová la perdonará. 13 Todo voto, y todo juramento obligándose a afligir el alma, su marido lo confirmará, o su marido lo anulará. 14 Pero si su marido callare a ello de día en día, entonces confirmó todos sus votos, y todas las obligaciones que están sobre ella; los confirmó, por cuanto calló a ello el día que lo oyó. 15 Mas si los anulare después de haberlos oído, entonces él llevará el pecado de ella.

16 Estas son las ordenanzas que Jehová mandó a Moisés entre el varón y su mujer, y entre el padre y su hija durante su juventud en casa de su padre.

30 Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded. When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

“Also, when a woman vows a vow to Yahweh and binds herself by a pledge, being in her father’s house, in her youth, and her father hears her vow and her pledge with which she has bound her soul, and her father says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge with which she has bound her soul shall stand. But if her father forbids her in the day that he hears, none of her vows or of her pledges with which she has bound her soul, shall stand. Yahweh will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her.

“If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips with which she has bound her soul, and her husband hears it, and says nothing to her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her pledges with which she has bound her soul shall stand. But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he makes void her vow which is on her and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul. Yahweh will forgive her.

“But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul shall stand against her.

10 “If she vowed in her husband’s house or bound her soul by a bond with an oath, 11 and her husband heard it, and held his peace at her and didn’t disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge with which she bound her soul shall stand. 12 But if her husband made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand. Her husband has made them void. Yahweh will forgive her. 13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. 14 But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he establishes all her vows or all her pledges which are on her. He has established them, because he said nothing to her in the day that he heard them. 15 But if he makes them null and void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.”

16 These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father’s house.

Vows

30 [a]Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel:(A) “This is what the Lord commands: 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)

“When a young woman still living in her father’s household makes a vow to the Lord or obligates herself by a pledge 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) 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.

“If she marries after she makes a vow(E) or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. 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)

“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

  1. Numbers 30:1 In Hebrew texts 30:1-16 is numbered 30:2-17.
  2. Numbers 30:13 Or to fast

30 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.

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

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.

And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

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

11 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the Lord shall forgive her.

13 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them.

15 But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

16 These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.