CHAPTER 30
If
a man
makes
a vow
to the LORD
or
swears
an oath
to obligate
himself
by a pledge,
he must not
break
his word;
he must do
everything
he has promised.
And if
a woman
in her father’s
house
during her youth
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,
all
the vows
and
pledges
with which she has bound
herself
shall stand.
But if
her father
prohibits
her on the day
he hears
about it,
none
of the vows
or pledges
with which she has bound
herself
are binding.
The LORD
will absolve
her
because
her father
has prohibited her.
and her husband
hears of it
but says nothing
to her
on that day,
then the vows
and pledges
by which
she
has bound
herself
shall stand.
But if
her husband
prohibits
her
when
he hears of it,
he nullifies
the vow
that
binds her
or the rash promise
she
has made,
and the LORD
will absolve
her.
If
a woman in her husband’s
house
has made a vow
or
put herself
under
an obligation
with an oath,
and her husband
hears of it
says nothing
to her
and does not
prohibit her,
then all
the vows
and
obligations
with which she has bound
herself
shall stand.
But if
her husband
nullifies
them on the day
he hears of them,
then nothing
that came from
her lips,
whether her vows
or her
obligation,
shall stand.
Her husband
has nullified them,
and the LORD
will absolve her.
But if
her husband
says nothing
to her
from day
to
day,
then he confirms
all
the vows
and
pledges
that
bind her.
He has confirmed
them,
because
he said nothing
to her
on the day
he heard about them.
These
are the statutes
that
the LORD
commanded
Moses
concerning relationships between
a man
and his wife,
and between
a father
and a young daughter
still in his
home.