Numbers 30:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking;

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  • Num 30:5-16
    12 verses
    89%

    5 If her father, hearing of her oath or the undertaking she has given, says nothing to her, then all her oaths and every undertaking she has given will have force.

    6 But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father.

    7 And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;

    8 If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force.

    9 But if her husband, hearing of it, makes her take it back, then the oath she made and the undertaking she gave without thought will have no force or effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

    10 But an oath made by a widow or one who is no longer married to her husband, and every undertaking she has given, will have force.

    11 If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,

    12 And her husband, hearing of it, said nothing to her and did not put a stop to it, then all her oaths and every undertaking she gave will have force.

    13 But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.

    14 Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband.

    15 But if the days go on, and her husband says nothing whatever to her, then he is giving the support of his authority to her oaths and undertakings, because at the time of hearing them he said nothing to her.

    16 But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.

  • Num 30:2-3
    2 verses
    89%

    2 And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.

    3 When a man takes an oath to the Lord, or gives an undertaking having the force of an oath, let him not go back from his word, but let him do whatever he has said he will do.

  • 17 If her father will not give her to him on any account, he will have to give the regular payment for virgins.

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    19 They will take from him a hundred shekels of silver, which are to be given to the father of the girl, because he has given an evil name to a virgin of Israel: she will go on being his wife, he may never put her away all his life.

    20 But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,

    21 Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • Exod 21:7-11
    5 verses
    70%

    7 And if a man gives his daughter for a price to be a servant, she is not to go away free as the men-servants do.

    8 If she is not pleasing to her master who has taken her for himself, let a payment be made for her so that she may go free; her master has no power to get a price for her and send her to a strange land, because he has been false to her.

    9 And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.

    10 And if he takes another woman, her food and clothing and her married rights are not to be less.

    11 And if he does not do these three things for her, she has the right to go free without payment.

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    14 And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

    15 Then let the girl's father and mother put before the responsible men of the town, in the public place, signs that the girl was a virgin:

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    36 And she said to him, My father, you have made an oath to the Lord; do then to me whatever you have said; for the Lord has sent a full reward on your haters, on the children of Ammon.

    37 Then she said to her father, Only do this for me: let me have two months to go away into the mountains with my friends, weeping for my sad fate.

    38 And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.

    39 And at the end of two months she went back to her father, who did with her as he had said in his oath: and she had never been touched by a man. So it became a rule in Israel,

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    27 For he came across her in the open country, and there was no one to come to the help of the virgin in answer to her cry.

    28 If a man sees a young virgin, who has not given her word to be married to anyone, and he takes her by force and has connection with her, and discovery is made of it;

    29 Then the man will have to give the virgin's father fifty shekels of silver and make her his wife, because he has put shame on her; he may never put her away all his life.

    30 A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.

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    22 But if you take no oath, there will be no sin.

    23 Whatever your lips have said, see that you do it; for you gave your word freely to the Lord your God.

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    13 And let her take off the dress in which she was made prisoner and go on living in your house and weeping for her father and mother for a full month: and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she will be your wife.

    14 But if you have no delight in her, you are to let her go wherever she will; you may not take a price for her as if she was your property, for you have made use of her for your pleasure.

  • 37 But the man who is strong in mind and purpose, who is not forced but has control over his desires, does well if he comes to the decision to keep her a virgin.

  • 10 O daughter, give thought and attention, and let your ear be open; no longer keep in mind your people, and your father's house;

  • 17 And now he has put shame on her, saying that she is not a virgin; but here is the sign that she is a virgin. Then they are to put her clothing before the responsible men of the town.

  • 8 And if the woman will not come with you, then you are free from this oath; only do not take my son back there.

  • 31 Then the man will be free from all wrong, and the woman's sin will be on her.

  • Eccl 5:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4 It is better not to take an oath than to take an oath and not keep it.

    5 Let not your mouth make your flesh do evil. And say not before the angel, It was an error. So that God may not be angry with your words and put an end to the work of your hands.

  • 4 Or if anyone, without thought, takes an oath to do evil or to do good, whatever he says without thought, with an oath, having no knowledge of what he is doing; when it becomes clear to him, he will be responsible for any of these things.

  • 11 And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

  • 2 What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?

  • 28 But if she is clean she will be free and will have offspring.

  • 23 If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;

  • 17 And the men said to her, We will only be responsible for this oath which you have made us take,