When a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word but must do everything he said.(A)

“When a young woman still living in her father’s household makes a vow to the Lord or obligates herself by a pledge and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all her vows and every pledge by which she obligated herself will stand.(B)

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If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.

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(A)If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or (B)swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall (C)do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

“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, and her father hears her vow and the agreement by which she has bound herself, and her father [a]holds his peace, then all her vows shall stand, and every agreement with which she has bound herself shall stand.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 30:4 says nothing to interfere

(A)If a man vows a vow to the Lord, or (B)swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break his word. (C)He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

Women and Vows

“If a woman vows a vow to the Lord and binds herself by a pledge, while within her father's house in her youth, and her father hears of her vow and of her pledge by which she has bound herself and says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand, and every pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand.

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(A)If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or takes an oath to [a]put himself under a binding obligation, he shall not break his word; he shall act in accordance with everything that comes out of his mouth.

“And if a woman makes a vow to the Lord, and puts herself under a binding obligation in her father’s house in her youth, and her father hears her vow and her obligation under which she has put herself, and her father [b]says nothing to her, then all her vows shall [c]remain valid and every binding obligation under which she has put herself shall [d]remain valid.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 30:2 Lit bind on his soul, and similarly throughout the ch
  2. Numbers 30:4 Lit is silent to her, and so throughout the ch
  3. Numbers 30:4 Lit stand, and so throughout the ch
  4. Numbers 30:4 Lit stand, and so throughout the ch

But I, with shouts of grateful praise,(A)
    will sacrifice(B) to you.
What I have vowed(C) I will make good.
    I will say, ‘Salvation(D) comes from the Lord.’”

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But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.

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But I will (A)sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving;
I will pay what I have (B)vowed.
(C)Salvation is of the (D)Lord.”

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(A)But I with the voice of thanksgiving
    will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
    (B)Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

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But I will (A)sacrifice to You
With a voice of thanksgiving.
That which I have vowed I will (B)pay.
(C)Salvation is from the Lord.”

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