Numbers Chapter 30

Men’s Vows

                ¹ Then Moses told the tribal leaders,  

“This is what Yahveh has commanded. ² If a man makes a vow to Yahveh or takes an oath that obligates him to do something, he must keep his word.

Women’s Vows

            ³ If a woman takes a vow to Yahveh and obligates herself to do something while in her father’s family in her youth, ⁴ and her father hears it and doesn’t object, then her vow or pledge stands. ⁵ But if her father forbids her, her vow and pledge don’t stand. Yahveh will release her from them because her father forbade her.

            ⁶ “But, if she marries while under her vow or rash statement ⁷ and her husband hears about it and doesn’t object, then her vow or pledge stands. ⁸ But, if he forbids her, he annuls her vow or rash statement, and Yahveh will release her from it.

            ⁹ “The vow of a widow or divorced woman stands.                      

Num 30:1-9

                  ¹⁰ “However, if she vows in her husband’s house or binds herself to an obligation with an oath ¹¹ and her husband hears it, but doesn’t object, then her vow or pledge stands. ¹² But if her husband annuls it, it won’t stand, and Yahveh will release her from them.

            ¹³ “A husband can annul any vow or binding oath a wife submits herself to. ¹⁴ If he doesn’t say anything to her the day he hears it, then he confirms it. ¹⁵ But if he tries to annul it later, he’ll bear her guilt.”

          ¹⁶ Those statutes Yahveh commanded Moses about a husband and wife and a father and daughter in her youth in his home.                     

Num 30:10-16