Números 30:1-6

1 Leyes acerca de votos
Moisés mandó llamar a los jefes de las tribus de Israel y les dijo: «Esto es lo que el Señor
ha ordenado:

2 un hombre que hace un voto al Señor
o una promesa bajo juramento jamás deberá faltar a su palabra. Tiene que cumplir exactamente con lo que dijo que haría.

3 »Si una mujer joven hace un voto al Señor
o una promesa bajo juramento, mientras todavía vive en la casa de su padre,

4 y su padre se entera del voto o de la promesa y no se opone, entonces todos sus votos y todas sus promesas siguen en pie.

5 Sin embargo, si su padre, el día que se entera, se niega a darle permiso para que cumpla el voto o la promesa, quedarán anulados todos sus votos y todas sus promesas. El Señor
la perdonará porque su padre no le permitió cumplirlos.

6 »Ahora bien, supongamos que una joven hace un voto o se compromete a sí misma al hacer una promesa impulsiva y luego se casa.

Números 30:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 30

Mention being made, in the latter part of the preceding chapter, of vows to be performed to the Lord, besides the sacrifices directed to; here some account is given of them, and men are charged to fulfil, and not break them, Nu 30:1,2 but as to women, if a maid, being in her father's house, made a vow in his hearing, and he silent at it, her vow stood; but if he disapproved of it, it was null and void, Nu 30:3-5 and so a wife, when she vowed a vow in the hearing of her husband, and he said not ought against it, it was valid; but if he objected to it, it stood for nothing, Nu 30:6-8, likewise a widow, or one divorced, that made a vow in her husband's house, before he died, or she was put away from him, and he did not contradict it, it remained in force and to be fulfilled; but if he made it void, it stood not, and she was forgiven, Nu 30:9-12 it being in an husband's power to confirm or make null a vow or oath, made by his wife to afflict her soul; but if he made any void after he heard them, and had been silent, he himself was to bear her iniquity, Nu 30:13-16.