CHAP. XXX.
Of vows and oaths: and
their obligation.
1 And Moses told the
children of Israel all
that the Lord had commanded
him:
2 And he said to the princes
of the tribes of the children of
Israel: This is the word that
the Lord hath commanded:
3 If any man make a vow
to the Lord, or bind himself
by an oath: he shall not make
his word void, but shall fulfil
all that he promised.
4 If a woman vow any
thing, and bind herself with
an oath, being in her father's
house, and but yet a girl in
age: if her father knew the
vow that she hath promised,
and the oath wherewith she
hath bound her soul, and held
his peace, she shall be bound
by the vow:
5 Whatsoever she promised
and swore, she shall fulfil
in deed.
6 But if her father, immediately
as soon as he heard
it, gain-said it, both her
vows and her oaths shall be
void, neither shall she be
bound to what she promised,
because her father hath gain-said
it.
7 If she have a husband,
and shall vow any thing, and
the word once going out of
her mouth shall bind her soul
by an oath:
8 The day that her husband
shall hear it, and not gain-say
it, she shall be bound to
the vow, and shall give whatsoever
she promised.
9 But if as soon as he heareth
he gain-say it, and make
her promises and the words
wherewith she had bound
her soul of no effect: the
Lord will forgive her.
10 The widow, and she
that is divorced, shall fulfil
whatsoever they vow.
11 If the wife in the house
of her husband, hath bound
herself by vow and by oath,
12 If her husband hear,
and hold his peace, and doth
not disallow the promise, she
shall accomplish whatsoever
she had promised.
13 But if forthwith he
gainsay it, she shall not be
bound by the promise: because
her husband gain-said it,
and the Lord will be merciful
to her.
14 If she vow and bind
herself by oath, to afflict her
soul by fasting, or abstinence
from other things, it shall depend
on the will of her husband,
whether she shall do it,
or not do it.
15 But if the husband
hearing it hold his peace, and
defer the declaring his mind
till another day: whatsoever
she had vowed and promised,
she shall fulfil: because immediately
as he heard it, he
held his peace.
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16 But if he gainsay it after
that he knew it, he shall
bear her iniquity.
17 These are the laws,
which the Lord appointed to
Moses between the husband
and the wife, between the
father and the daughter, that
is as yet but a girl in age, or
that abideth in her father's
house.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
