Good News Translation GNT
World English Bible WEB
1 Moses gave the following instructions to the leaders of the tribes of Israel.
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Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded.
2 When a man makes a vow to give something to the Lord or takes an oath to abstain from something, he must not break his promise, but must do everything that he said he would.
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When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
3 When a young woman still living in her father's house makes a vow to give something to the Lord or promises to abstain from something,
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“Also, when a woman vows a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a pledge, being in her father’s house, in her youth,
4 she must do everything that she vowed or promised unless her father raises an objection when he hears about it.
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and her father hears her vow and her pledge with which she has bound her soul, and her father says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
5 But if her father 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 father refused to let her keep it.
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But if her father forbids her in the day that he hears, none of her vows or of her pledges with which she has bound her soul, shall stand. The LORD will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her.
6 If an unmarried woman makes a vow, whether deliberately or carelessly, or promises to abstain from something, and then marries,
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“If she has a husband, while her vows are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips with which she has bound her soul,
7 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 it, and says nothing to her in the day that he hears it; then her vows shall stand, and her pledges with which she has bound her soul shall stand.
8 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.
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But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he makes void her vow which is on her and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul. The LORD will forgive her.
9 A widow or a divorced woman must keep every vow she makes and every promise to abstain from something.
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“But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul shall stand against her.
10 If a married woman makes a vow or promises to abstain from something,
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“If she vowed in her husband’s house or bound her soul by a bond with an 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 heard it, and held his peace at her and didn’t disallow her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge with which she bound her soul shall 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 made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand. Her husband has made them void. The LORD will forgive her.
13 Her husband has the right to affirm or to annul any vow or promise that she has made.
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Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
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 from day to day, then he establishes all her vows or all her pledges which are on her. He has established them, because he said nothing to her in the day that he heard 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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But if he makes them null and void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.”
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 statutes which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father’s house.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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