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1 Then Moshe spoke to the heads of the tribes of the people of Isra'el. He said, "Here is what ADONAI has ordered:
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And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.
2 when a man makes a vow to ADONAI or formally obligates himself by swearing an oath, he is not to break his word but is to do everything he said he would do.
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When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.
3 "When a woman makes a vow to ADONAI, formally obligating herself, while she is a minor living in her father's house;
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If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking;
4 then, if her father has heard what she vowed or obligated herself to do and holds his peace, then all her vows remain binding - every obligation she has bound herself to will stand.
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If her father, hearing of her oath or the undertaking she has given, says nothing to her, then all her oaths and every undertaking she has given will have force.
5 But if on the day her father hears it, he expresses his disapproval, then none of her vows or obligations she has bound herself to will stand; and ADONAI will forgive her, because her father expressed his disapproval.
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But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father.
6 "If, having made vows or rashly committed herself to an obligation, she gets married;
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And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;
7 and her husband hears but holds his peace with her on the day he learns of it, then her vows and obligations she has bound herself to will stand.
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If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force.
8 But if her husband expresses his disapproval on the day he hears it, he will void the vow which is on her and the obligation to which she has bound herself; and ADONAI will forgive her.
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But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.
9 "The vow of a widow, however, or of a divorcee, including everything to which she has obligated herself, will stand against her.
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But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.
10 "If a woman vowed in her husband's house or obligated herself with an
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If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,
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.
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And her husband, hearing of it, said nothing to her and did not put a stop to it, then all her oaths and every undertaking she gave will have force.
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.
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But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.
13 Her husband may let every vow and every binding obligation stand, or he may void it.
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Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband.
14 But if her husband entirely holds his peace with her day after day, then he confirms all her vows and obligations; he must let them stand, because he held his peace with her on the day he heard them.
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But if the days go on, and her husband says nothing whatever to her, then he is giving the support of his authority to her oaths and undertakings, because at the time of hearing them he said nothing to her.
15 If he makes them null and void after he has heard them, then he will bear the consequent guilt."
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But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.
16 These are the laws which ADONAI ordered Moshe between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter, if she is a minor living in her father's house.
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These are the laws which the Lord gave Moses in relation to a man and his wife, or a father and a young daughter who is under his authority.
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
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