1 Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes
ofthe children ofIsrael, saying, “This is the
thing which Yahweh has commanded.

2 When a man vows a vow to Yahweh,
or swears an oath to bind his soul with a
bond, he shall not break his word. He shall
do according to all that proceeds out of his
mouth.

3 “Also, when a woman vows a vow to
Yahweh and binds herself by a pledge, being in her father’s house, in her youth,

4 and her father hears her vow and her
pledge with which she has bound her soul,
and her father says nothing to her, then
all her vows shall stand, and every pledge
with which she has bound her soul shall
stand.

5 But if her father forbids her in the
day that he hears, none of her vows or of
her pledges with which she has bound her
soul, shall stand. Yahweh will forgive her,
because her father has forbidden her.

6 “If she has a husband, while her vows
are on her, or the rash utterance of her lips
with which she has bound her soul,

7 and her husband hears it, and says
nothing to her in the day that he hears it;
then her vows shall stand, and her pledges
with which she has bound her soul shall
stand.

8 But if her husband forbids her in the
day thathehears it,thenhemakes voidher
vow whichis onher and the rashutterance
of her lips, with which she has bound her
soul. Yahweh will forgive her.