Third Millennium Bible TMB
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 And Moses spoke unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded:
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Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, "This is what the LORD has commanded [about vows]:
2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
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If a man makes a vow to the LORD that he will do something or swears an oath that he won't do something, he must not break his word. He must do everything he said he would do.
3 "If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth,
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"A young girl, who still lives in her father's house, might make a vow to the LORD that she will do something or swear an oath that she won't do something.
4 and her father hear her vow and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace with her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
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If her father says nothing to her when he hears about it, her vow or oath must be kept.
5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth, not any of her vows or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand; and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
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But if her father objects when he hears about it, her vow or oath doesn't have to be kept. The LORD will free her [from this vow or oath] because her father objected.
6 And if she had a husband, when she vowed or uttered aught out of her lips wherewith she bound her soul,
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"An unmarried woman might make a vow that she will do something or carelessly promise that she won't do something. When she marries,
7 and her husband heard it and held his peace with her in the day that he heard it, then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
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her husband may hear about it but say nothing to her. Then her vow or oath must be kept.
8 But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it, then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips wherewith she bound her soul, of no effect; and the LORD shall forgive her.
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But if her husband objects when he hears about it, he can cancel the vow or promise she made. The LORD will free her [from this vow or promise].
9 But every vow of a widow and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
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"But a widow or a divorced woman must keep her vow or her promise.
10 And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,
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"A married woman might make a vow that she will do something or swear an oath that she won't do something.
11 and her husband heard it and held his peace with her and disallowed her not, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
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Her husband may hear about it but may say nothing and not object. Then her vow or oath must be kept.
12 But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them, then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand. Her husband hath made them void, and the LORD shall forgive her.
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But if her husband cancels it when he hears about it, nothing she said in her vow or oath has to be kept. Her husband has canceled it, and the LORD will free her [from this vow or oath].
13 Every vow and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.
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"A husband decides whether or not his wife has to keep any vow to do something or any oath to do without something.
14 But if her husband altogether hold his peace with her from day to day, then he establisheth all her vows or all her bonds which are upon her; he confirmeth them, because he held his peace with her in the day that he heard them.
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If he says nothing to her about it day after day, this means he's decided that she must keep her vow or oath. She must keep it because he said nothing to her when he heard about it.
15 But if he shall any way make them void after he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity."
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But if he cancels it later, he will suffer the consequences."
16 These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.
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These are the laws the LORD gave Moses for husbands and wives, and for fathers with young daughters still living at home.
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