Numbers 30:11

11 and her husband heard it but held his peace with her and did not express disapproval, then all her vows and obligations will stand.

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 "The vow of a widow, however, or of a divorcee, including everything to which she has obligated herself, will stand against her.

10 "If a woman vowed in her husband's house or obligated herself with an

11 and her husband heard it but held his peace with her and did not express disapproval, then all her vows and obligations will stand.

12 But if her husband makes them null and void on the day he hears them, then whatever she said, vows or binding obligation, will not stand; her husband has voided them; and ADONAI will forgive her.

13 Her husband may let every vow and every binding obligation stand, or he may void it.