| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the LORD has commanded: | 1Moses told the leaders of the tribes concerning the Israelites, "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. | 2If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised. |
| 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 who is still living in her father's house makes a vow to the LORD or places herself under an obligation, |
| 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 her vow or the obligation to which she has pledged herself, and her father remains silent about her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation to which she has pledged herself 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 overrules her when he hears about it, then none of her vows or her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. And the LORD will release her from it, because her father overruled her. |
| 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"And if she marries a husband while under a vow, or she uttered anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself, |
| 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. | 7and her husband hears about it, but remains silent about her when he hears about it, then her vows will stand and her obligations which she has pledged for herself 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 when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify the vow she has taken, and whatever she uttered impulsively which she has pledged for herself. And the LORD will release her from it. |
| 9“Also any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her. | 9"But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact. |
| 10“If she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound herself by an agreement with an oath, | 10If she made the vow in her husband's house or put herself under obligation with an oath, |
| 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. | 11and her husband heard about it, but remained silent about her, and did not overrule her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation which she pledged for herself 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 clearly nullifies them when he hears them, then whatever she says by way of vows or obligations will not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the LORD will release her from them. |
| 13Every vow and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void. | 13"Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, her husband can confirm or nullify. |
| 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 her husband remains completely silent about her from day to day, he thus confirms all her vows or all her obligations which she is under; he confirms them because he remained silent about when he heard them. |
| 15But if he does make them void after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt.” | 15But if he should nullify them after he has heard them, then he will bear her iniquity." |
| 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 statutes that the LORD commanded Moses, relating to a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father's house. |
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