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OET-RV by cross-referenced section NUM 30:1

NUM 30:1–30:16 ©

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Instructions about vows

Num 30:1–16

30Then Mosheh (Moses) gave the Israeli leaders these further instructions from Yahweh, 2“If a man makes a solemn promise to Yahweh, or makes a binding vow on his own life, he mustn’t dishonour what he said—he must follow whatever came out of his mouth.[ref]

3If a young woman who is still living with her parents solemnly promises to Yahweh to do something, 4and if her father hears her make the binding vow on her life and he remains silent, then her vow and all her obligations will stand. 5However, if her father forbids her when he hears her, then that vow and its obligations won’t stand, and Yahweh will forgive her, because her father stepped in.

6If she gets engaged or married while a vow or thoughtless promise still holds, 7and her (future) husband hears about it and remains silent that day, then her vow and or thoughtless promise will stand. 8However, if her (future) husband forbids her when he hears her, then that vow and its obligations won’t stand, and Yahweh will forgive her.

9If a widow or a woman who has been divorced makes a promise, she must do what she promised.

10If a married woman makes a solemn promise, or makes a binding vow on her own life, 11and her husband hears about it but says nothing and doesn’t forbid her, then her vow and all her obligations will stand. 12However, if he actually nullifies it when he hears about it, any promise that she pronounced or binding vow on her life, won’t stand. Her husband has nullified them and Yahweh will forgive her, 13so every vow and its obligations can either be nullified or confirmed by her husband. 14If her husband has stayed silent for several days, that will confirm all her vows and/or obligations because he said nothing. 15However, if he cancels them sometime after he’d heard about them, then he will bear her guilt.

16Those are the instructions that Yahweh gave Mosheh about promises between a man and his wife, and between a father and his unmarried daughter living at home.


Collected OET-RV cross-references

Deu 23:21-23:

21When you make a vow to your god Yahweh, don’t put off fulfilling it, because he will hold you accountable and not doing it would count as disobeying him. 22However of course, if you don’t make any vows, then you won’t be guilty, 23but if you’ve spoken your promise out loud to your god Yahweh, then you’re obligated to keep it.

Mat 5:33:

33[ref]Also, you’ve heard that it was said to our ancestors that you shouldn’t break your oath, but you must do whatever you promised to Yahweh.


5:33: a Lev 19:12; b Num 30:2; Deu 23:21.

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