| King James Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded. | 1 Then Moses summoned the leaders of the tribes of Israel and told them, “This is what the LORD has commanded: |
| 2If 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. | 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. |
| 3If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; | 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, |
| 4And 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. | 4and her father hears of the vow or pledge and does not object to it, then all her vows and pledges will stand. |
| 5But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. | 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. |
| 6And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; | 6“Now suppose a young woman makes a vow or binds herself with an impulsive pledge and later marries. |
| 7And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. | 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. |
| 8But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. | 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. |
| 9But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. | 9If, however, a woman is a widow or is divorced, she must fulfill all her vows and pledges. |
| 10And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; | 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. |
| 11And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. | 11If her husband hears of it and does not object to it, her vow or pledge will stand. |
| 12But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. | 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. |
| 13Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. | 13So her husband may either confirm or nullify any vows or pledges she makes to deny herself. |
| 14But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. | 14But if he does not object on the day he hears of it, then he is agreeing to all her vows and pledges. |
| 15But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. | 15If he waits more than a day and then tries to nullify a vow or pledge, he will be punished for her guilt.” |
| 16These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house. | 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. |
| King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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