Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
10 If a married woman makes a vow or promises to abstain from something,
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“If a woman living with her husband makes a vow or obligates herself by a pledge under oath
11 she must do everything that she vowed or promised unless her husband raises an objection when he hears about it.
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and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her and does not forbid her, then all her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand.
12 But if her husband forbids her to fulfill the vow when he hears about it, she is not required to keep it. The Lord will forgive her, because her husband prevented her from keeping her vow.
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But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will release her.
13 Her husband has the right to affirm or to annul any vow or promise that she has made.
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Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself.
14 But if, by the day after he hears of the vow, he has raised no objection, she must do everything that she has vowed or promised. He has affirmed the vow by not objecting on the day he heard of it.
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But if her husband says nothing to her about it from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or the pledges binding on her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears about them.
15 But if he later annuls the vow, he must suffer the consequences for the failure to fulfill the vow.
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If, however, he nullifies them some time after he hears about them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.”
16 These are the rules that the Lord gave Moses concerning vows made by an unmarried woman living in her father's house or by a married woman.
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These are the regulations the LORD gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and his young daughter still living at home.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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