Numbers 30:8

Contemporary English Version 1995

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

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

Then the Lord God said to the woman, “You will suffer terribly when you give birth. But you will still desire your husband, and he will rule over you.”

1 Corinthians 14:34

the women must not be allowed to speak. They must keep quiet and listen, as the Law of Moses teaches.

1 Corinthians 7:4

A wife belongs to her husband instead of to herself, and a husband belongs to his wife instead of to himself.

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 30:9

Widows and divorced women must keep every promise they make to the Lord.

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.”