1 T hen Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, “This is the word which the Lord has commanded.

Then Moses said to the heads of the families of the sons of Israel, “This is what the Lord has said.

2 I f a man makes a vow to the Lord, or takes an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

If a man makes a promise to the Lord, or swears that he will keep his promise, he must not break his word. He must do all that he said he would do.

3 “ Also if a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and binds herself by an obligation in her father’s house in her youth,

If a woman makes a promise to the Lord, and swears to keep her promise in her father’s house when she is young,

4 a nd her father hears her vow and her obligation by which she has bound herself, and her father says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand and every obligation by which she has bound herself shall stand.

and if her father hears her promise and how she has sworn to keep it, and says nothing to her, then all her promises must be kept. She must keep every promise she has sworn to keep.

5 B ut if her father should forbid her on the day he hears of it, none of her vows or her obligations by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the Lord will forgive her because her father had forbidden her.

But if her father does not allow her to keep her promise on the day he hears of it, then she does not need to keep any of the promises she has sworn to keep. The Lord will forgive her because her father would not allow it.

6 “ However, if she should marry while under her vows or the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself,

“If she gets married and has promises to keep because of what she swore without thinking,

7 a nd her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day he hears it, then her vows shall stand and her obligations by which she has bound herself shall stand.

and if her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day he hears, then she must keep the promises she has sworn to keep.

8 B ut if on the day her husband hears of it, he forbids her, then he shall annul her vow which she is under and the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself; and the Lord will forgive her.

But if on the day he hears of it, her husband does not allow her to keep her promise, then she will not have to keep the promise that she had sworn to keep when she was not thinking. The Lord will forgive her.

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

“A woman whose husband has died or left her must keep the promises she has sworn to keep.

10 H owever, if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an obligation with an oath,

But if she has made a promise in her husband’s house, and she has sworn to keep a promise there

11 a nd her husband heard it, but said nothing to her and did not forbid her, then all her vows shall stand and every obligation by which she bound herself shall stand.

and if her husband hears of it, and does not go against her or say anything to her, then she must keep all the promises she had sworn to keep.

12 B ut if her husband indeed annuls them on the day he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning the obligation of herself shall not stand; her husband has annulled them, and the Lord will forgive her.

But if her husband does not allow her to keep her promises on the day he hears of them, then she does not have to keep the promises she had sworn to keep. If her husband will not let her keep them, the Lord will forgive her.

13 “ Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it.

“Her husband has the right to have her keep, or not keep, any promise she has sworn to keep.

14 B ut if her husband indeed says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all her obligations which are on her; he has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard them.

But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then she must keep all her promises. He made her promises so they could not be changed, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard of them.

15 B ut if he indeed annuls them after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt.”

But if he will not allow her to keep her promises after he has heard of them, then her guilt will be on him.”

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

These are the Laws which the Lord told Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter, while she is young and in her father’s house.