Numbers 30:12 {13}
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But if forthwith he gainsay it, she shall not be bound by the promise: because her husband gainsaid it, and the Lord will be merciful to her.

her husband hath made

1 Corinthians 11:3 But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ: and the head of the woman is the man: and the head of Christ is God.

and the Lord

Numbers 30:5,8 But if her father, immediately as soon as he heard it, gainsaid it, both her vows and her oaths shall be void, neither shall she be bound to what she promised, because her father hath gainsaid it. . . .

Numbers 15:25,28 And the priest shall pray for all the multitude of the children of Israel: and it shall be forgiven them, because they sinned ignorantly, offering notwithstanding a burnt offering to the Lord for themselves and for their sin and their Ignorance: . . .

Context
Laws Concerning Vows
11If her husband hear, and hold his peace, and doth not disallow the promise, she shall accomplish whatsoever she had promised. 12But if forthwith he gainsay it, she shall not be bound by the promise: because her husband gainsaid it, and the Lord will be merciful to her.13If she vow and bind herself by oath, to afflict her soul by fasting, or abstinence from other things, it shall depend on the will of her husband, whether she shall do it, or not do it.…
Cross References
Numbers 30:11
If her husband hear, and hold his peace, and doth not disallow the promise, she shall accomplish whatsoever she had promised.

Numbers 30:13
If she vow and bind herself by oath, to afflict her soul by fasting, or abstinence from other things, it shall depend on the will of her husband, whether she shall do it, or not do it.

Jeremiah 44:17
But we will certainly do every word that shall proceed out of our own mouth, to sacrifice to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we and our fathers have done, our kings, and our princes in the cities of Juda, and in the streets of Jerusalem: and we were filled with bread, and it was well with us, and we saw no evil.

Lexicon
But if
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

her husband
אִישָׁהּ֮ (’î·šāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

nullifies
הָפֵר֩ (hā·p̄êr)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate

them on the day
בְּי֣וֹם (bə·yō·wm)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

he hears of them,
שָׁמְעוֹ֒ (šā·mə·‘ōw)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8085: To hear intelligently

then nothing
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

that came from
מוֹצָ֨א (mō·w·ṣā)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4161: A place or act of going forth, issue, export, source, spring

her lips,
שְׂפָתֶ֧יהָ (śə·p̄ā·ṯe·hā)
Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin

whether her vows
לִנְדָרֶ֛יהָ (lin·ḏā·re·hā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5088: A promise, a thing promised

or her
נַפְשָׁ֖הּ (nap̄·šāh)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

obligation,
וּלְאִסַּ֥ר (ū·lə·’is·sar)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 632: A bond, binding obligation

shall stand.
יָק֑וּם (yā·qūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

Her husband
אִישָׁ֣הּ (’î·šāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

has nullified them,
יָפֵ֨ר (yā·p̄êr)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate

and the LORD
וַיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

will absolve her.
יִֽסְלַֽח־ (yis·laḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5545: To forgive, pardon


Additional Translations
But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or her obligations, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her.But if her husband has utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her.

But if her husband made them null and void in the day that 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 Jehovah will forgive her.

But if her husband should utterly cancel the vow in the day in which he shall hear it, none of the things which shall proceed out of her lips in her vows, and in the obligations contracted upon her soul, shall stand to her; her husband has cancelled them, and the Lord shall hold her guiltless.

But if her husband have expressly annulled them on the day that he heard them, then nothing of that which is gone out of her lips as to her vows or the bond on her soul, shall stand: her husband hath annulled them; and Jehovah will pardon her.

But if her husband made them null and void in the day that 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 hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatever 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 made them null and void in the day that he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and Yahweh will forgive her.

'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.
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