30:1
And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of
Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
30:2If 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.
In Mt.5:34,37
and Jas.5:12 oaths are strictly forbidden. But in this verse, God gives instructions for
making oaths and says that such oaths are binding. Is it okay to take oaths?
30:3If a woman also vow a
vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's
house in her youth;
(30:3-16) Women are not legally responsible for
anything.
If a man makes a vow, then God expects him to
keep it. But a woman cannot make a vow, unless it is "allowed" by
her husband or father. If it is "allowed," then she must keep it -- but
even so, she is not responsible (her husband or father is).
30:4And 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.
30:5But 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.
30:6And if she had at all
an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith
she bound her soul;
30:7And 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.
30:8
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.
30:9
But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have
bound their souls, shall stand against her.
30:10And if she vowed in her
husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
30:11And 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.
30:12But 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.
30:13Every vow, and every
binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her
husband may make it void.
30:14
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.
30:15
But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them;
then he shall bear her iniquity.
30:16These 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.
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