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The Law Concerning Vows
Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded:
Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded:
A man who makes a vow to the LORD or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do.
If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
“If a young woman makes a vow to the LORD or a pledge under oath while she is still living at her father’s home,
“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,
and her father hears of the vow or pledge and does not object to it, then all her vows and pledges will stand.
But if her father refuses to let her fulfill the vow or pledge on the day he hears of it, then all her vows and pledges will become invalid. The LORD will forgive her because her father would not let her fulfill them.
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.
“Now suppose a young woman makes a vow or binds herself with an impulsive pledge and later marries.
“If indeed she takes a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself,
If her husband learns of her vow or pledge and does not object on the day he hears of it, her vows and pledges will stand.
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.
But if her husband refuses to accept her vow or impulsive pledge on the day he hears of it, he nullifies her commitments, and the LORD will forgive her.
But if her husband 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.
If, however, a woman is a widow or is divorced, she must fulfill all her vows and pledges.
“Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.
“But suppose a woman is married and living in her husband’s home when she makes a vow or binds herself with a pledge.
“If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath,
If her husband hears of it and does not object to it, her vow or pledge will stand.
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.
But if her husband refuses to accept it on the day he hears of it, her vow or pledge will be nullified, and the LORD will forgive her.
So her husband may either confirm or nullify any vows or pledges she makes to deny herself.
Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void.
But if he does not object on the day he hears of it, then he is agreeing to all her vows and pledges.
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.
If he waits more than a day and then tries to nullify a vow or pledge, he will be punished for her guilt.”
But if he does make them void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt.”
These are the regulations the LORD gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter who still lives at home.
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.