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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Numbers 30</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//numbers/30-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/numbers/">Numbers</a> > Numbers 30</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/29.htm" title="Numbers 29">◄</a> Numbers 30 <a href="../numbers/31.htm" title="Numbers 31">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/numbers/30.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/numbers/30.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/numbers/30.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/numbers/30.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/numbers/30.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/numbers/30.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/numbers/30.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Laws about Vows<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/5.htm#33">Matthew 5:33–37</a>)</span> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself, <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her. <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/30-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Cited in <a href="../matthew/5.htm#33">Matthew 5:33</a><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>to fast</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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