Numbers 30:3
Vows Made by Single Women“If a young woman who is still living in her father’s house makes a vow to the LORD or places herself under an obligation,
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- Num 30:4-1613 verses89%
4and her father hears of her vow or the obligation to which she has pledged herself, and her father remains silent about her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation to which she has pledged herself will stand.
5But if her father overrules her when he hears about it, then none of her vows or her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. And the LORD will release her from it, because her father overruled her.
6Vows Made by Married Women“And if she marries a husband while under a vow, or she uttered anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself,
7and her husband hears about it, but remains silent about her when he hears about it, then her vows will stand and her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand.
8But if when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify the vow she has taken, and whatever she uttered impulsively which she has pledged for herself. And the LORD will release her from it.
9Vows Made by Widows“But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact.
10If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,
11and her husband heard about it, but remained silent about her, and did not overrule her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation which she pledged for herself will stand.
12But if her husband clearly nullifies them when he hears them, then whatever she says by way of vows or obligations will not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the LORD will release her from them.
13“Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, her husband can confirm or nullify.
14But if her husband remains completely silent about her from day to day, he thus confirms all her vows or all her obligations which she is under; he confirms them because he remained silent about her when he heard them.
15But if he should nullify them after he has heard them, then he will bear her iniquity.”
16These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses, relating to a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father’s house.
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2If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.
- Exod 22:16-172 verses74%
16Moral and Ceremonial Laws“If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and goes to bed with her, he must surely pay the marriage price for her to be his wife.
17If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins.
- Exod 21:9-113 verses73%
9If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters.
10If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one’s food, her clothing, or her marital rights.
11If he does not provide her with these three things, then she will go out free, without paying money.
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2“Speak to the Israelites, and tell them,‘When either a man or a woman takes a special vow, to take a vow as a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,
- Deut 22:20-212 verses72%
20But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin,
21the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father’s house. In this way you will purge evil from among you.
- Lev 27:1-22 verses72%
1Redemption of Vowed People The LORD spoke to Moses:
2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the LORD,
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23If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and goes to bed with her,
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13He must take a wife who is a virgin.
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13discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, and stay in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may sleep with her and become her husband and she your wife.
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11She made a vow saying,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, if you would truly look on the suffering of your servant, and would keep me in mind and not neglect your servant, and give your servant a male child, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.”
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39After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel.
- Deut 22:14-152 verses71%
14accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”
15Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.
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3Then I told her,“You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or become joined to another man, and I also will wait for you.”
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17who leaves the husband from her younger days, and has ignored her marriage covenant made before God.
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25This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, has said,‘You women have confirmed by your actions what you vowed with your lips! You said,“We will certainly carry out our vows to sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven.” Well, then fulfill your vows! Carry them out!’
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30Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, saying,“If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,
- Deut 23:21-233 verses69%
21When you make a vow to the LORD your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.
22If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.
23Whatever you vow, you must be careful to do what you have promised, such as what you have vowed to the LORD your God as a freewill offering.
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7“If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do.
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36She said to him,“My father, since you made an oath to the LORD, do to me as you promised. After all, the LORD vindicated you before your enemies, the Ammonites.”
- 1 Cor 7:36-372 verses69%
36If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry.
37But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well.
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2O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows,
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8But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!”
- Deut 22:28-292 verses69%
28Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and takes hold of her and sleeps with her and they are discovered.
29The man who has slept with her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife. Because he has humiliated her, he may never divorce her as long as he lives.
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30You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.
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5For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,
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1Job Vindicates Himself“I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin?
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23under an unloved woman who becomes married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress.