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

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

2 ` 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.

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

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 ` 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.

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 ` 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,

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

7 a nd 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.

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 ` 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.

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

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

10 ` And if the house of her husband she hath vowed, or hath bound a bond on her soul 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 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.

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 ` 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.

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 oath -- a bond to humble a soul -- her husband doth establish it, or her husband doth break it;

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

14 a nd 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;

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

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 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.

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.