Numbers 30:6

Conservative English Version

Suppose a woman makes a promise to the LORD and then gets married. If her husband later hears about the promise but says nothing, she must do what she said, whether she meant it or not.

Cross References

Psalm 56:12

I will keep my promises to you, my God, and bring you gifts.

Jeremiah 44:19

Then the women said, "When we lived in Judah, we worshiped the Queen of Heaven and offered sacrifices of wine and special loaves of bread shaped like her. Our husbands knew what we were doing, and they approved of it."

Leviticus 5:4

You are guilty the moment you realize that you have made a hasty promise to do something good or bad.

Numbers 30:5

But if he hears about it and objects, then she no longer has to keep her promise. The LORD will forgive her, because her father did not agree with the promise.

Numbers 30:7

(SEE 30:6)

1 Samuel 1:11

"LORD All-Powerful, I am your servant, but I am so miserable! Please let me have a son. I will give him to you for as long as he lives, and his hair will never be cut."