Numbers 30

Numbers 30:1

Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, "This is what the LORD has commanded:

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Numbers 30:2

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.

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If a man The preceding chapters had treated of sacrifices required by law; and in the laws here delivered in respect to vows must have been very useful , as they both prevented and annulled rash vows , and provided a proper sanction for the support and performance of those which were rationally made , and which were made to the Lord.

Numbers 30:3

And if a woman in her father's house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,

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Numbers 30:4

and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

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Numbers 30:5

But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.

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Numbers 30:6

If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself,

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Numbers 30:7

and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.

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Numbers 30:8

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.

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Numbers 30:9

Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.

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Numbers 30:10

If a woman in her husband's house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath,

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Numbers 30:12

But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.

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Numbers 30:13

Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

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Numbers 30:14

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.

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Numbers 30:15

But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity."

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Numbers 30:16

These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.

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