| New Living Translation | International Standard Version |
| 1 Then Moses summoned the leaders of the tribes of Israel and told them, “This is what the LORD has commanded: | 1 Later, Moses told the elders of the Israeli tribes, "This is what the LORD has commanded: |
| 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. | 2When a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath—an obligation that is binding to himself—he is not to break his word. Instead, he is to fulfill whatever promise came out of his mouth.'" |
| 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, | 3"When a young woman makes a vow to the LORD or pledges herself to an obligation while she still lives in her father's house, |
| 4and her father hears of the vow or pledge and does not object to it, then all her vows and pledges will stand. | 4and her father hears her vow and the obligations that she had pledged herself to fulfill, yet her father keeps silent about it, then all her vows and every obligation she pledged herself to are to stand. |
| 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. | 5But if her father disallows her on the same day that he hears what she has said, then all her vows and every obligation she had pledged herself to fulfill are not to stand. The LORD will forgive her, because her father has forbidden her." |
| 6“Now suppose a young woman makes a vow or binds herself with an impulsive pledge and later marries. | 6"If she has a husband and she makes a vow that is binding on herself, or if she makes a hasty vow with her mouth that she pledges herself to fulfill, |
| 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. | 7and her husband hears her vow, yet remains silent on the day that he hears it, then her vows are to stand and the obligation to which she had pledged herself is to stand. |
| 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. | 8But if, on the same day her husband hears and disallows her, then he has revoked her vows that she made for herself, along with any hasty vows that she spoke and to which she pledged herself to fulfill. The LORD will forgive her." |
| 9If, however, a woman is a widow or is divorced, she must fulfill all her vows and pledges. | 9"Everything that a widow or a divorced woman pledges herself to fulfill are to be binding on her. |
| 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. | 10If, while she had been living in her late or former husband's house, she makes a vow or a promise that binds her with an oath, |
| 11If her husband hears of it and does not object to it, her vow or pledge will stand. | 11and her husband hears it but remains silent, not disallowing it, then all her vows are to stand, along with every obligation that she has pledged to fulfill. |
| 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. | 12But if her husband disallowed them the very day that he heard her, everything that she spoke relating to her vows and her obligation to herself are not to stand, because her husband revoked them. The LORD will forgive her. |
| 13So her husband may either confirm or nullify any vows or pledges she makes to deny herself. | 13Her husband may confirm or revoke every vow and binding obligation that afflicts her. |
| 14But if he does not object on the day he hears of it, then he is agreeing to all her vows and pledges. | 14But if her husband remains silent about her from day to day, then he has affirmed all her vows or obligations that she has obligated herself to fulfill. He has affirmed them because he remained silent from the day he heard her vows. |
| 15If he waits more than a day and then tries to nullify a vow or pledge, he will be punished for her guilt.” | 15But if he nullified them after he had heard, then he will be responsible for any resulting iniquity." |
| 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. | 16These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning a man and his wife and concerning a father and his young daughter while she still lives in her father's house. |
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