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1 Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the Israelites: This is what the Lord has commanded.
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Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of the Israelites: This is what the LORD has commanded:
2 When a man makes a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
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When a man makes a solemn promise to the LORD or swears a solemn pledge of binding obligation for himself, he cannot break his word. He must do everything he said.
3 When a woman makes a vow to the Lord, or binds herself by a pledge, while within her father's house, in her youth,
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When a woman makes a solemn promise to the LORD or a binding obligation while she is young and in her father's household,
4 and her father hears of her vow or her pledge by which she has bound herself, and says nothing to her; then all her vows shall stand, and any pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand.
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and her father hears her solemn promise or her binding obligation for herself and keeps silent—then all her solemn promises and any of her binding obligations for herself will stand.
5 But if her father expresses disapproval to her at the time that he hears of it, no vow of hers, and no pledge by which she has bound herself, shall stand; and the Lord will forgive her, because her father had expressed to her his disapproval.
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But if her father expresses disapproval to her on the day that he hears her, none of her solemn promises nor any of her binding obligations for herself will stand. The LORD will forgive her, because her father expressed disapproval to her.
6 If she marries, while obligated by her vows or any thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she has bound herself,
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If she marries while her solemn promise is in effect or makes a statement by which she binds herself,
7 and her husband hears of it and says nothing to her at the time that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
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and her husband hears it and on the day he hears it keeps silent—her solemn promises will stand as well as her binding obligations for herself.
8 But if, at the time that her husband hears of it, he expresses disapproval to her, then he shall nullify the vow by which she was obligated, or the thoughtless utterance of her lips, by which she bound herself; and the Lord will forgive her.
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But if on the day that her husband hears it he expresses disapproval to her, he can break her solemn promise and the statement by which she bound herself. Then the LORD will forgive her.
9 (But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall be binding upon her.)
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Every solemn promise of a widow or a divorced woman who makes a binding obligation for herself will stand.
10 And if she made a vow in her husband's house, or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,
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If a woman makes a solemn promise in her husband's household or makes a binding obligation for herself with a solemn pledge,
11 and her husband heard it and said nothing to her, and did not express disapproval to her, then all her vows shall stand, and any pledge by which she bound herself shall stand.
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and her husband hears, keeps silent, and doesn't express disapproval to her—then all her solemn promises will stand and all her binding obligations for herself will stand.
12 But if her husband nullifies them at the time that he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning her pledge of herself, shall not stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the Lord will forgive her.
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If her husband breaks them on the day he hears them, then whatever she said with regard to her solemn promises or the binding obligations for herself will not stand. Her husband has broken them. The LORD will forgive her.
13 Any vow or any binding oath to deny herself, her husband may allow to stand, or her husband may nullify.
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Her husband may allow any solemn promise or any binding pledge of self-denial to stand or be broken.
14 But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he validates all her vows, or all her pledges, by which she is obligated; he has validated them, because he said nothing to her at the time that he heard of them.
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But if her husband keeps silent from one day to the next, he has upheld all her solemn promises, or all her binding obligations. He has upheld them because he remained silent on the day he heard them.
15 But if he nullifies them some time after he has heard of them, then he shall bear her guilt.
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If he breaks them after he has heard them, he will assume her guilt.
16 These are the statutes that the Lord commanded Moses concerning a husband and his wife, and a father and his daughter while she is still young and in her father's house.
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These are the regulations that the LORD commanded Moses concerning a husband and his wife and between a father and his daughter while she is young and in her father's household.
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