Numbers 30:7

Good News Translation

she must do everything that she vowed or promised unless her husband raises an objection when he hears about it.

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

And he said to the woman, “I will increase your trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for your husband, yet you will be subject to him.”

Jeremiah 44:19

And the women added, “When we baked cakes shaped like the Queen of Heaven, offered sacrifices to her, and poured out wine offerings to her, our husbands approved of what we were doing.”

Numbers 30:6

If an unmarried woman makes a vow, whether deliberately or carelessly, or promises to abstain from something, and then marries,

Numbers 30:8

But if her husband forbids her to fulfill the vow when he hears about it, she is not required to keep it. The Lord will forgive her.

Romans 7:2

A married woman, for example, is bound by the law to her husband as long as he lives; but if he dies, then she is free from the law that bound her to him.

1 Samuel 1:11

Hannah made a solemn promise: “Lord Almighty, look at me, your servant! See my trouble and remember me! Don't forget me! If you give me a son, I promise that I will dedicate him to you for his whole life and that he will never have his hair cut.”

1 Samuel 1:23

Elkanah answered, “All right, do whatever you think best; stay at home until you have weaned him. And may the Lord make your promise come true.” So Hannah stayed at home and nursed her child.