Numbers 30
Tree of Life Version
Keeping or Nullifying Vows
30 Moses spoke to the princes of the tribes of Bnei-Yisrael saying, “This is what Adonai has commanded:
Parashat Matot
2 Whenever a man makes a vow to Adonai or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he is not to violate his word but do everything coming out of his mouth.[a]
3 “Suppose a woman in her youth vows to Adonai or obligates herself by a pledge in her father’s house. 4 If her father should hear her vow or her pledge with which she obligated herself and her father says nothing to her, all her vows and every pledge by which she has obligated herself will stand. 5 But if her father should forbid it on the day of his hearing it, none of her vows or pledges by which she has obligated herself will stand. Adonai will forgive her because her father has forbidden her.
6 “Suppose she should marry, after her vow or a rash promise of her lips by which she obligated herself. 7 Now if her husband hears about it but says nothing to her on the day he hears about it, her vows will stand and her pledges by which she has obligated herself will stand. 8 But if her husband should hear about it and on the day he hears it he forbids it, he thereby nullifies her vow and her rash promise by which her lips have obligated her, and Adonai will forgive her.
9 “Any vow or obligation of a widow or a divorced woman will be binding on her. 10 If in her husband’s house she vowed or obligated herself by pledge under oath, 11 and her husband should hear it and say nothing to her, not forbidding her, all her vows and every pledge by which she has obligated herself will stand. 12 But if her husband should nullify them on the day when he hears of them, nothing from her lips, whether vow or pledge, will stand. Her husband has nullified them and Adonai will forgive her. 13 Her husband may ratify or veto any vow or sworn oath to deny herself.
14 “But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he is confirming all her vows and all her oaths that are on her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her on the day of his hearing about it. 15 But if he nullifies them after hearing about it, he will bear her guilt.”
16 These are the statutes that Adonai gave to Moses relevant to relationships between a man and his wife, as well as between a father and his young daughter still living in his house.
Footnotes
- Numbers 30:2 cf. Matt. 5:33.
Numbers 30
New King James Version
The Law Concerning Vows
30 Then Moses spoke to (A)the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: 2 (B)If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or (C)swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall (D)do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
3 “Or if a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and binds herself by some agreement while in her father’s house in her youth, 4 and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father [a]holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand. 5 But if her father overrules her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her agreements by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the Lord will release her, because her father overruled her.
6 “If indeed she takes a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself, 7 and her husband hears it, and makes no response to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her agreements by which she bound herself shall stand. 8 But if her husband (E)overrules her on the day that he hears it, he shall make void her vow which she took and what she uttered with her lips, by which she bound herself, and the Lord will release her.
9 “Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.
10 “If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath, 11 and her husband heard it, and made no response to her and did not overrule her, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement by which she bound herself shall stand. 12 But if her husband truly made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the agreement binding her, it shall not stand; her husband has made them [b]void, and the Lord will release her. 13 Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void. 14 Now if her husband makes no response whatever to her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all the agreements that bind her; he confirms them, because he made no response to her on the day that he heard them. 15 But if he does make them void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt.”
16 These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter in her youth in her father’s house.
Footnotes
- Numbers 30:4 says nothing to interfere
- Numbers 30:12 annulled or invalidated
Nombres 30
Louis Segond
30 (30:2) Moïse parla aux chefs des tribus des enfants d'Israël, et dit: Voici ce que l'Éternel ordonne.
2 (30:3) Lorsqu'un homme fera un voeu à l'Éternel, ou un serment pour se lier par un engagement, il ne violera point sa parole, il agira selon tout ce qui est sorti de sa bouche.
3 (30:4) Lorsqu'une femme, dans sa jeunesse et à la maison de son père, fera un voeu à l'Éternel et se liera par un engagement,
4 (30:5) et que son père aura connaissance du voeu qu'elle a fait et de l'engagement par lequel elle s'est liée, -si son père garde le silence envers elle, tout voeu qu'elle aura fait sera valable, et tout engagement par lequel elle se sera liée sera valable;
5 (30:6) mais si son père la désapprouve le jour où il en a connaissance, tous ses voeux et tous les engagements par lesquels elle se sera liée n'auront aucune valeur; et l'Éternel lui pardonnera, parce qu'elle a été désapprouvée de son père.
6 (30:7) Lorsqu'elle sera mariée, après avoir fait des voeux, ou s'être liée par une parole échappée de ses lèvres,
7 (30:8) et que son mari en aura connaissance, -s'il garde le silence envers elle le jour où il en a connaissance, ses voeux seront valables, et les engagements par lesquels elle se sera liée seront valables;
8 (30:9) mais si son mari la désapprouve le jour où il en a connaissance, il annulera le voeu qu'elle a fait et la parole échappée de ses lèvres, par laquelle elle s'est liée; et l'Éternel lui pardonnera.
9 (30:10) Le voeu d'une femme veuve ou répudiée, l'engagement quelconque par lequel elle se sera liée, sera valable pour elle.
10 (30:11) Lorsqu'une femme, dans la maison de son mari, fera des voeux ou se liera par un serment,
11 (30:12) et que son mari en aura connaissance, -s'il garde le silence envers elle et ne la désapprouve pas, tous ses voeux seront valables, et tous les engagements par lesquels elle se sera liée seront valables;
12 (30:13) mais si son mari les annule le jour où il en a connaissance, tout voeu et tout engagement sortis de ses lèvres n'auront aucune valeur, son mari les a annulés; et l'Éternel lui pardonnera.
13 (30:14) Son mari peut ratifier et son mari peut annuler tout voeu, tout serment par lequel elle s'engage à mortifier sa personne.
14 (30:15) S'il garde de jour en jour le silence envers elle, il ratifie ainsi tous les voeux ou tous les engagements par lesquels elle s'est liée; il les ratifie, parce qu'il a gardé le silence envers elle le jour où il en a eu connaissance.
15 (30:16) Mais s'il les annule après le jour où il en a eu connaissance, il sera coupable du péché de sa femme.
16 (30:17) Telles sont les lois que l'Éternel prescrivit à Moïse, entre un mari et sa femme, entre un père et sa fille, lorsqu'elle est dans sa jeunesse et à la maison de son père.
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