Numbers 30:16

16 And if her husband should in any wise cancel after the day in which he heard , then he shall bear his iniquity.

Numbers 30:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 30:16

These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses between
a man and his wife
Relating to vows made by the wife, and confirmed or disannulled by the husband: Aben Ezra adds, if she is at age or in puberty, understanding it of a married and not a betrothed wife:

between the father and his daughter;
if she is not at age, as the same writer observes; for if she is at age he has nothing to do with her vows:

[being yet] in her youth;
not at age, being not twelve years and one day old:

in her father's house;
in his power and jurisdiction, and at his disposal, and so could make her vows void or firm, as he pleased: this power of ratifying or disannulling vows an husband had over his wife, and a father over his daughter, to prevent imprudent and extravagant vows, and the too frequent use of them, the consequences of which might be bad in families.

Numbers 30:16 In-Context

14 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband shall confirm it to her, or her husband shall cancel it.
15 But if he be wholly silent at her from day to day, then shall he bind upon her all her vows; and he shall confirm to her the obligations upon herself, because he held his peace at her in the day in which he heard her.
16 And if her husband should in any wise cancel after the day in which he heard , then he shall bear his iniquity.
17 These the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and daughter in youth in the house of father.

Footnotes 1

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.