Then Moses spoke
to athe heads
of the tribes
of the sons
of Israel
, saying
, "This
is the word
which
the LORD
has commanded
.
" aIf a man
makes
a vow
to the LORD
, or
takes
an oath
to bind
himself
with a binding
obligation
, he shall not violate
his word
; he shall do
according to all
that proceeds
out of his mouth
.
"Also if a woman
makes
a vow
to the LORD
, and binds
herself by an obligation
in her father's
house
in her youth
,
and her father hears
her vow
and her obligation
by which
she has bound
herself
, and her father
1says
nothing
to her, then all
her vows
shall stand
and every
obligation
by which
she has bound
herself
shall stand
.
"But if her father
should forbid
her on the day
he hears
of it, none
of her vows
or her obligations
by which
she has bound
herself
shall stand
; and the LORD
will forgive
her because
her father
had forbidden
her.
"However, if she should 1marry
while 2under
her vows
or
the rash
statement
of her lips
by which
she has bound
herself
,
and her husband hears
of it and says
nothing
to her on the day
he hears
it, then her vows
shall stand
and her obligations
by which
she has bound
herself
shall stand
.
"But if on the day
her husband
hears
of it, he forbids
her, then he shall annul
her vow
which
1she is under
and the rash
statement
of her lips
by which
she has bound
herself
; and the LORD
will forgive
her.
"But the vow of a widow
or of a divorced
woman, everything
by which
she has bound
herself
, shall stand
against
her.
"However, if she vowed
in her husband's
house
, or
bound
herself
by an obligation
with an oath
,
and her husband heard
it, but said
nothing
to her and did not forbid
her, then all
her vows
shall stand
and every
obligation
by which
she bound
herself
shall stand
.
"But if her husband
indeed
annuls
them on the day
he hears
them, then whatever
proceeds
out of her lips
concerning her vows
or concerning the obligation
of herself
shall not stand
; her husband
has annulled
them, and the LORD
will forgive
her.
"Every vow
and every
binding
oath
to humble
herself
, her husband
may confirm
it or her husband
may annul
it.
"But if her husband
indeed
says
nothing
to her from day
to day
, then he confirms
all
her vows
or
all
her obligations
which
are on her; he has confirmed
them, because
he said
nothing
to her on the day
he heard
them.
"But if he indeed
annuls
them after
he has heard
them, then he shall bear
her guilt
."
These are the statutes
which
the LORD
commanded
Moses
, as between
a man
and his wife
, and as between
a father
and his daughter
, while she is in her youth
in her father's
house
.