Numbers 30
Legacy Standard Bible
The Statutes for Vows
30 Then Moses spoke to (A)the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the word which Yahweh has commanded. 2 (B)If a man makes a vow to Yahweh or swears an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
3 “Also if a woman makes a vow to Yahweh and binds herself by an obligation in her father’s house in her youth, 4 and her father hears her vow and her obligation by which she has bound herself, and her father [a]says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every obligation by which she has bound herself shall stand. 5 But if her father should forbid her on the day he hears of it, none of her vows or her obligations by which she has bound herself shall stand; and Yahweh will pardon her because her father had forbidden her.
6 “However, if she should [b]marry while [c]under her vows or the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself, 7 and her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day he hears it, then her vows shall stand, and her obligations by which she has bound herself shall stand. 8 But if, on the day her husband hears of it, he forbids her, then he shall annul her vow which [d]she is under and the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself; and Yahweh will pardon her.
9 “But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her. 10 However, if she vowed in her husband’s house or bound herself by an obligation with an oath, 11 and her husband heard it but said nothing to her and did not forbid her, then all her vows shall stand, and every obligation by which she bound herself shall stand. 12 But if her husband indeed annuls them on the day he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning the obligation of herself shall not stand; her husband has annulled them, and Yahweh will pardon her.
13 “Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may cause it to stand, or her husband may annul it. 14 But if her husband indeed says nothing to her from day to day, then he causes all her vows or all her obligations which are on her to stand; he has caused them to stand because he said nothing to her on the day he heard them. 15 But if he indeed annuls them after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt.”
16 These are the statutes which Yahweh commanded Moses, as between a man and his wife, and as between a father and his daughter, while she is in her youth in her father’s house.
Footnotes
- Numbers 30:4 Lit is silent to her, so in ch
- Numbers 30:6 Lit be to a husband
- Numbers 30:6 Lit her vows are on her
- Numbers 30:8 Lit is on her
Nombres 30
La Bible du Semeur
La loi sur les vœux
30 Moïse communiqua aux Israélites tout ce que l’Eternel lui avait ordonné.
2 Il parla aux chefs des tribus d’Israël en disant : Voici ce que l’Eternel a ordonné : 3 Si un homme fait un vœu à l’Eternel, ou s’il prend certains engagements par serment, il ne violera pas sa parole ; il agira conformément à ce qu’il a dit[a]. 4 Si une jeune fille fait un vœu à l’Eternel en prenant un certain engagement pendant qu’elle habite encore chez son père, 5 et que son père, après en avoir été informé, n’y objecte pas, ces vœux et ces engagements seront valables. 6 Mais si son père la désapprouve le jour où il en est informé, aucun de ses vœux et de ses engagements qu’elle se sera imposés ne sera valide ; il ne lui sera pas tenu rigueur d’avoir manqué à sa parole puisque son père a annulé ses vœux.
7 Supposons qu’une jeune fille ait fait un vœu ou se soit engagée verbalement, et qu’ensuite elle vienne à se marier. 8 Si son mari en est informé et n’y objecte pas le jour où il l’apprend, ses vœux et ses engagements seront valides. 9 Mais si, ce jour-là, il la désapprouve et annule le vœu qu’elle a fait et l’engagement qu’elle a pris, l’Eternel ne lui tiendra pas rigueur d’avoir manqué à sa parole.
10 Mais une femme veuve ou divorcée reste liée, elle, par ses vœux et par tout engagement qu’elle a pris. 11 Si une femme mariée fait un vœu ou prend un engagement par serment, 12 et si son mari, après en avoir été informé, n’y a pas fait d’objection et ne l’a pas désapprouvée, elle reste liée par ses vœux et engagements. 13 Si, toutefois, il les annule le jour où il en est informé, tout ce qu’elle aura prononcé, en fait de vœux ou d’engagements, sera sans valeur. Puisque son mari les a annulés, l’Eternel ne lui tiendra pas rigueur d’avoir manqué à sa parole. 14 Son mari peut donc ratifier ou annuler tout vœu ou tout serment par lequel elle s’impose de renoncer à quelque chose. 15 S’il n’oppose aucune objection jusqu’au lendemain, sa femme est alors liée par tous les vœux ou les engagements qu’elle a pris, car il les ratifie en ne lui disant rien le jour où il en a été informé. 16 S’il décide de les annuler après le jour où il en a eu connaissance, c’est lui qui portera la responsabilité de la faute de sa femme.
17 Telles sont les lois que l’Eternel a prescrites à Moïse sur les relations entre un homme et sa femme, ainsi qu’entre un père et sa fille, tant qu’elle est chez son père, durant sa jeunesse.
Footnotes
- 30.3 Voir Dt 23.22-24 ; Mt 5.33.
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