1 Moses said to the Israelites everything the LORD had commanded him.

And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.

2 Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of Israel, saying, 'This is what the LORD has commanded:'

If 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.

3 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself by a promise, he must not break his word; he must do everything he said.

If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

4 If a young woman living in her father’s household makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,

And 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.

5 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, all her vows and every binding obligation she has made will stand.

But 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.

6 But if her father rules against her when he hears about it, none of her vows or pledges by which she has obligated herself will stand. The LORD will forgive her because her father has objected to it.

And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;

7 If she marries after making a vow or rashly uttering a binding obligation by which she binds herself,

And 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.

8 and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, her vows or obligations she has made will stand.

But 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.

9 But if her husband voids them when he hears about them, nothing she has vowed or promised by binding obligation will stand; the LORD will forgive her.

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

10 A widow or a divorced woman is bound by all her vows and the obligations she places on herself.

And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;

11 If a woman living in her husband's household makes a vow or takes an oath to bind herself by a pledge,

And 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.

12 But if her husband hears about her vow and says nothing to her, he has approved all her vows and every obligation she has taken upon herself. They will stand.

But 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.

13 But if her husband annuls them on the day he hears of them, then none of the words from her lips concerning her vows or the obligations she has taken upon herself will stand. Her husband has annulled them, and the LORD will forgive her.

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

14 Any vow or binding oath to deny herself can be confirmed or annulled by her husband.

But 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.

15 But if her husband says nothing to her from one day to the next, he confirms all her vows or binding obligations that are upon her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears of them.

But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity.

16 If he annuls them after he hears of them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing.

These 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.

17 These are the statutes the LORD commanded Moses concerning relationships between a husband and his wife, and between a father and his daughter while she is young and living in her father’s household.