1 A nd Moses said to the heads or leaders of the tribes of Israel, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded:

And Moses speaketh unto the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, `This the thing which Jehovah hath commanded:

2 I f a man vows a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break and profane his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

`When a man voweth a vow to Jehovah, or hath sworn an oath to bind a bond on his soul, he doth not pollute his word; according to all that is going out from his mouth he doth.

3 A lso when a woman vows a vow to the Lord and binds herself by a pledge, being in her father’s house in her youth,

`And when a woman voweth a vow to Jehovah, and hath bound a bond in the house of her father in her youth,

4 A nd her father hears her vow and her pledge with which she has bound herself and he offers no objection, then all her vows shall stand and every pledge with which she has bound herself shall stand.

and her father hath heard her vow, and her bond which she hath bound on her soul, and her father hath kept silent at her, then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

5 B ut if her father refuses to allow her on the day that he hears about it, not any of her vows or of her pledges with which she has bound herself shall stand. And the Lord will forgive her because her father refused to let her.

`And if her father hath disallowed her in the day of his hearing, none of her vows and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul is established, and Jehovah is propitious to her, for her father hath disallowed her.

6 A nd if she is married to a husband while her vows are upon her or she has bound herself by a rash utterance

`And if she be at all to a husband, and her vows on her, or a wrongful utterance her lips, which she hath bound on her soul,

7 A nd her husband hears of it and holds his peace concerning it on the day that he hears it, then her vows shall stand and her pledge with which she bound herself shall stand.

and her husband hath heard, and in the day of his hearing, he hath kept silent at her, then have her vows been established, and her bonds which she hath bound on her soul are established.

8 B ut if her husband refuses to allow her on the day that he hears of it, then he shall make void and annul her vow which is upon her and the rash utterance of her lips by which she bound herself, and the Lord will forgive her.

`And if in the day of her husband's hearing he disalloweth her, then he hath broken her vow which on her, and the wrongful utterance of her lips which she hath bound on her soul, and Jehovah is propitious to her.

9 B ut the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, with which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.

`As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.

10 A nd if she vowed in her husband’s house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath

`And if the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul with an oath,

11 A nd her husband heard it and did not oppose or prohibit her, then all her vows and every pledge with which she bound herself shall stand.

and her husband hath heard, and hath kept silent at her -- he hath not disallowed her -- then have all her vows been established, and every bond which she hath bound on her soul is established.

12 B ut if her husband positively made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning her pledge of herself shall not stand. Her husband has annulled them, and the Lord will forgive her.

`And if her husband doth certainly break them in the day of his hearing, none of the outgoing of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, is established -- her husband hath broken them -- and Jehovah is propitious to her.

13 E very vow and every binding oath to humble or afflict herself, her husband may establish it or her husband may annul it.

`Every vow and every oath -- a bond to humble a soul -- her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it;

14 B ut if her husband altogether holds his peace with her from day to day, then he establishes and confirms all her vows or all her pledges which are upon her. He establishes them because he said nothing to her on the day he heard of them.

and if her husband certainly keep silent at her, from day unto day, then he hath established all her vows, or all her bonds which upon her; he hath established them, for he hath kept silent at her in the day of his hearing;

15 B ut if he shall nullify them after he hears of them, then he shall be responsible for and bear her iniquity.

and if he doth at all break them after his hearing, then he hath borne her iniquity.'

16 T hese are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter while in her youth in her father’s house.

These the statutes which Jehovah hath commanded Moses between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth, the house of her father.