Numbers 30:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

But if he hears about the promise and does object, she no longer has to keep it. The Lord will forgive her, because her husband would not allow her to keep the promise.

Cross References

Numbers 30:8

But if her husband hears about the promise and objects, she no longer has to keep it, and the Lord will forgive her.

1 Corinthians 11:3

Now I want you to know that Christ is the head of all men, and a man is the head of a woman. But God is the head of Christ.

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 15:28

The priest will then ask me to forgive you, and your sin will be forgiven.

Numbers 15:25

Then the priest will pray and ask me to forgive you. And since you did not mean to do wrong, and you offered sacrifices,

Numbers 30:11

If her husband hears about the promise and says nothing, she must do what she said.

Numbers 30:13

Her husband has the final say about any promises she makes to the Lord.

Jeremiah 44:17

We have promised to worship the goddess Astarte, the Queen of Heaven, and that is exactly what we are going to do. We will burn incense and offer sacrifices of wine to her, just as we, our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders did when we lived in Jerusalem and the other towns of Judah. We had plenty of food back then. We were well off, and nothing bad ever happened to us.

1 Samuel 1:23

“You know what's best,” Elkanah said. “Stay here until it's time to stop nursing him. I'm sure the Lord will help you do what you have promised.” Hannah did not go to Shiloh until she stopped nursing Samuel.

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.”