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1 Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded: 2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised. 3 And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge, 4 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. 5 But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her. 6 If a woman marries while under a vow or rash promise by which she has bound herself, 7 and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her on that day, then the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. 8 But if her husband prohibits her when he hears of it, he nullifies the vow that binds her or the rash promise she has made, and the LORD will absolve her. 9 Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her. 10 If a woman in her husband’s house has made a vow or put herself under an obligation with an oath, 11 and her husband hears of it but says nothing to her and does not prohibit her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. 12 But if her husband nullifies them on the day he hears of them, then nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or pledges, shall stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will absolve her. 13 Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow or any sworn pledge to deny herself. 14 But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all the vows and pledges that bind her. He has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard about them. 15 But if he nullifies them after he hears of them, then he will bear her iniquity.” 16 These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the relationship between a man and his wife, and between a father and a young daughter still in his home.

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  • Moses

    Deliverer and lawgiver

    Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.

    Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34

Cross references (10)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Numbers 7:2; Deuteronomy 1:13–17; Numbers 1:4–16; Numbers 34:17–28; Exodus 18:25
  2. 2 Psalm 50:14; Psalm 116:14; Job 22:27; Ecclesiastes 5:4–5; Acts 23:12
  3. 5 Mark 7:10–13; Ephesians 6:1; Matthew 15:4–6; Hosea 6:6
  4. 6 Psalm 56:12
  5. 8 Genesis 3:16; 1 Corinthians 14:34; Ephesians 5:22–24; 1 Corinthians 7:4
  6. 9 Luke 2:37; Romans 7:2; Leviticus 21:7
  7. 12 Numbers 30:8; Numbers 15:25; Numbers 30:5; Numbers 15:28; 1 Corinthians 11:3
  8. 13 1 Corinthians 11:3; Psalm 35:13; Isaiah 58:5; Leviticus 23:32; Leviticus 16:29
  9. 15 Galatians 3:28; Numbers 30:12; Leviticus 5:1; Numbers 30:5; Numbers 30:8
  10. 16 Leviticus 13:59; Leviticus 15:32–33; Leviticus 14:54–57; Numbers 5:29–30; Leviticus 11:46–47

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 30:2 John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of Matthew (Homily XVII)

    But what means, "Thou shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths?" It is this, "thou shalt be true in swearing." "But I say unto you, swear not at all." Next, to lead them farther away from swearing by God, He saith, "Neither by Heaven, for it is God's throne, nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of His …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 10 (1888)