| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: | 1 Then Moses summoned the leaders of the tribes of Israel and told them, “This is what the LORD has commanded: |
| 2If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. | 2A man who makes a vow to the LORD or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do. |
| 3“Or if a woman makes a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by some agreement while in her father’s house in her youth, | 3“If a young woman makes a vow to the LORD or a pledge under oath while she is still living at her father’s home, |
| 4and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand. | 4and her father hears of the vow or pledge and does not object to it, then all her vows and pledges will stand. |
| 5But if her father overrules her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her agreements by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the LORD will release her, because her father overruled her. | 5But if her father refuses to let her fulfill the vow or pledge on the day he hears of it, then all her vows and pledges will become invalid. The LORD will forgive her because her father would not let her fulfill them. |
| 6“If indeed she takes a husband, while bound by her vows or by a rash utterance from her lips by which she bound herself, | 6“Now suppose a young woman makes a vow or binds herself with an impulsive pledge and later marries. |
| 7and her husband hears it, and makes no response to her on the day that he hears, then her vows shall stand, and her agreements by which she bound herself shall stand. | 7If her husband learns of her vow or pledge and does not object on the day he hears of it, her vows and pledges will stand. |
| 8But if her husband overrules her on the day that he hears it, he shall make void her vow which she took and what she uttered with her lips, by which she bound herself, and the LORD will release her. | 8But if her husband refuses to accept her vow or impulsive pledge on the day he hears of it, he nullifies her commitments, and the LORD will forgive her. |
| 9“Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her. | 9If, however, a woman is a widow or is divorced, she must fulfill all her vows and pledges. |
| 10“If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath, | 10“But suppose a woman is married and living in her husband’s home when she makes a vow or binds herself with a pledge. |
| 11and her husband heard it, and made no response to her and did not overrule her, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement by which she bound herself shall stand. | 11If her husband hears of it and does not object to it, her vow or pledge will stand. |
| 12But if her husband truly made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the agreement binding her, it shall not stand; her husband has made them void, and the LORD will release her. | 12But if her husband refuses to accept it on the day he hears of it, her vow or pledge will be nullified, and the LORD will forgive her. |
| 13Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void. | 13So her husband may either confirm or nullify any vows or pledges she makes to deny herself. |
| 14Now if her husband makes no response whatever to her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all the agreements that bind her; he confirms them, because he made no response to her on the day that he heard them. | 14But if he does not object on the day he hears of it, then he is agreeing to all her vows and pledges. |
| 15But if he does make them void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt.” | 15If he waits more than a day and then tries to nullify a vow or pledge, he will be punished for her guilt.” |
| 16These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter in her youth in her father’s house. | 16These are the regulations the LORD gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter who still lives at home. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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