1 A nd Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded.

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

2 I f 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.

If 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.

3 I f a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

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 A nd her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

And 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.

5 B ut 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.

But 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.

6 A nd if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

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

7 A nd her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

And 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.

8 B ut 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 none effect: and the Lord shall forgive her.

But 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.

9 B ut every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

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

10 A nd if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

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

11 A nd her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

And 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.

12 B ut 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.

But 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.

13 E very vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

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

14 B ut if her husband altogether hold his peace at 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 at her in the day that he heard them.

But 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.

15 B ut if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

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

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

These 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.