Men should keep their promise
1Moses called a meeting of all the Israelite tribal leaders. He told them:The LORD says: 2If you make a promise to the LORD—a vow or a pledge to do something—don’t break your word. Keep your promise.
Promises of women are subject to approval
3If a woman makes a promise to the LORD while she’s still young and living under her father’s care, 4and her father learns about the promise and doesn’t object, then she has to keep her promise. 5But if her father objects to the promise, then she doesn’t have to keep it. The LORD won’t hold it against her. She’s forgiven.6If a married woman made a promise to the LORD while still living under her father’s care, [1] 7and her husband hears about it and doesn’t object, she needs to honor her promise by doing what she said she would do. 8But if her husband objects the day he finds out about it, the promise becomes invalid. She doesn’t have to keep it. The LORD won’t hold it against her. She’s forgiven.
9A widow’s promise, however, remains valid. So does the promise of a divorced woman. They have to do whatever they promised.
10If a married woman makes a promise to the LORD, obligating herself to do something, 11and her husband hears about it and doesn’t object, she needs to honor her promise by doing what she said she would do. 12But if her husband objects the day he finds out about it, the promise is invalidated. She doesn’t have to keep it. The LORD won’t hold it against her. She’s forgiven.
