Numbers 30

1And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, `This <FI>is<Fi> the thing which Jehovah hath commanded:

1And Moses told the children of Israel all that the Lord had commanded him:

2`When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.

2And he said to the princes of the tribes of the children of Israel: This is the word that the Lord hath commanded:

3`And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth,

3If any man make a vow to the Lord, or bind himself by an oath: he shall not make his word void but shall fulfil all that he promised.

4and her father hath heard her vow, and her bond which she hath bound on her soul, and her father hath kept silent at her, then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

4If a woman vow any thing, and bind herself by an oath, being in her father's house, and but yet a girl in age: if her father knew the vow that she hath promised, and the oath wherewith she hath bound her soul, and held his peace, she shall be bound by the vow:

5`And if her father hath disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul is established, and Jehovah is propitious to her, for her father hath disallowed her.

5Whatsoever she promised and swore, she shall fulfil in deed.

6`And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows <FI>are<Fi> on her, or a wrongful utterance <FI>on<Fi> her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,

6But if her father, immediately as soon as he heard it, gainsaid it, both her vows and her oaths shall be void, neither shall she be bound to what she promised, because her father hath gainsaid it.

7and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established.

7If she have a husband, and shall vow any thing, and the word once going out of her mouth shall bind her soul by an oath,

8`And if in the day of her husband's hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which <FI>is<Fi> on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to her.

8The day that her husband shall hear it, and not gainsay it, she shall be bound to the vow, and shall give whatsoever she promised.

9`As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.

9But if as soon as he heareth he gainsay it, and make her promises and the words wherewith she had bound her soul of no effect: the Lord will forgive her.

10`And if <FI>in<Fi> the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath,

10The widow, and she that is divorced, shall fulfil whatsoever they vow.

11and her husband hath heard, and hath kept silent at her--he hath not disallowed her--then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

11If the wife in the house of her husband, hath bound herself by vow and by oath,

12`And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established--her husband hath broken them--and Jehovah is propitious to her.

12If her husband hear, and hold his peace, and doth not disallow the promise, she shall accomplish whatsoever she had promised.

13`Every vow and every oath--a bond to humble a soul--her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it;

13But if forthwith he gainsay it, she shall not be bound by the promise: because her husband gainsaid it, and the Lord will be merciful to her.

14and if her husband certainly keep silent at her, from day unto day, then he hath established all her vows, or all her bonds which <FI>are<Fi> upon her; he hath established them, for he hath kept silent at her in the day of his hearing;

14If she vow and bind herself by oath, to afflict her soul by fasting, or abstinence from other things, it shall depend on the will of her husband, whether she shall do it, or not do it.

15and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne her iniquity.'

15But if the husband hearing it hold his peace, and defer the declaring his mind till another day: whatsoever she had vowed and promised, she shall fulfil: because immediately as he heard it, he held his peace.

16These <FI>are<Fi> the statutes which Jehovah hath commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, <FI>in<Fi> the house of her father.

16But if he gainsay it after that he knew it, he shall bear her iniquity.

17(not in this translation)

17These are the laws which the Lord appointed to Moses between the husband and the wife, between the father and the daughter that is as yet but a girl in age, or that abideth in her father's house.