Numbers 30:11

11 Her husband may hear about it but may say nothing and not object. Then her vow or oath must be kept.

Numbers 30:11 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 30:11

And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and
disallowed her not
Heard her make her vow, and bind it with an oath, and was silent at it, which was consenting to it, and did not contradict her, nor show any displeasure or resentment at her on account of it; the Targum of Jonathan adds,

``and died before she was at age;''

but what follows held good equally of one that was at age for marriage, and actually married to him:

then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her
soul shall stand;
be ratified and confirmed, and she be under obligation to make them good.

Numbers 30:11 In-Context

9 "But a widow or a divorced woman must keep her vow or her promise.

10 "A married woman might make a vow that she will do something or swear an oath that she won't do something.

11 Her husband may hear about it but may say nothing and not object. Then her vow or oath must be kept.

12 But if her husband cancels it when he hears about it, nothing she said in her vow or oath has to be kept. Her husband has canceled it, and the LORD will free her [from this vow or oath].

13 "A husband decides whether or not his wife has to keep any vow to do something or any oath to do without something.