1 Moisés disse aos chefes das tribos de Israel: "É isto que o Senhor ordena:

2 Quando um homem fizer um voto ao Senhor ou um juramento que o obrigar a algum compromisso, não poderá quebrar a sua palavra, mas terá que cumprir tudo o que disse.

3 "Quando uma moça que ainda vive na casa de seu pai fizer um voto ao Senhor ou obrigar-se por um compromisso

4 e seu pai souber do voto ou compromisso, mas nada lhe disser, então todos os votos e cada um dos compromissos a que se obrigou serão válidos.

5 Mas, se o pai a proibir quando souber do voto, nenhum dos votos ou dos compromissos a que se obrigou será válido; o Senhor a livrará porque o seu pai a proibiu.

6 "Se ela se casar depois de fazer um voto ou depois de seus lábios proferirem uma promessa precipitada pela qual se obriga a si mesma

7 e o seu marido o souber, mas nada lhe disser no dia em que ficar sabendo, então os seus votos ou compromissos a que ela se obrigou serão válidos.

8 Mas, se o seu marido a proibir quando o souber, anulará o voto que a obriga ou a promessa precipitada pela qual ela se obrigou, e o Senhor a livrará.

9 "Qualquer voto ou compromisso assumido por uma viúva ou por uma mulher divorciada será válido.

10 "Se uma mulher que vive com o seu marido fizer um voto ou obrigar-se por juramento a um compromisso

11 e o seu marido o souber, mas nada lhe disser e não a proibir, então todos os votos ou compromissos pelos quais ela se obrigou serão válidos.

12 Mas, se o seu marido os anular quando deles souber, então nenhum dos votos ou compromissos que saíram de seus lábios será válido. Seu marido os anulou, e o Senhor a livrará.

13 O marido poderá confirmar ou anular qualquer voto ou qualquer compromisso que a obrigue a humilhar-se a si mesma.

14 Mas, se o marido nada lhe disser a respeito disso até o dia seguinte, com isso confirma todos os seus votos ou compromissos que a obrigam. Ele os confirma por nada lhe dizer quando os ouviu.

15 Se, contudo, ele os anular algum tempo depois de ouvi-los, ele sofrerá as conseqüências de sua iniqüidade".

16 São essas as ordenanças que o Senhor deu a Moisés a respeito do relacionamento entre um homem e sua mulher, e entre um pai e sua filha moça que ainda vive na casa do pai.

1 \29:40\So Moses gave the children of Israel all these directions as the Lord had given him orders.

2 \30:1\And Moses said to the heads of the tribes of the children of Israel, This is the order of the Lord.

3 \30:2\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.

4 \30:3\If a woman, being young and under the authority of her father, takes an oath to the Lord or gives an undertaking;

5 \30:4\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 \30:5\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 \30:6\And if she is married to a husband at the time when she is under an oath or an undertaking given without thought;

8 \30:7\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 \30:8\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 \30:9\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 \30:10\If she made an oath while she was under the authority of her husband,

12 \30:11\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 \30:12\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 \30:13\Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband.

15 \30:14\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 \30:15\But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.

17 \30:16\These are the laws which the Lord gave Moses in relation to a man and his wife, or a father and a young daughter who is under his authority.