"However, ifshe should marrywhile underher vowsorthe rashstatementof her lipsby whichshe has boundherself,
Your vowsare [binding] upon me, O God;I will renderthankofferingsto You.
"And," [said the women], "whenwe were burningsacrificesto the queenof heavenand were pouringout drinkofferingsto her, was it withoutour husbandsthat we madefor her [sacrificial] cakesin her imageand pouredout drinkofferingsto her?"
Orifa personswearsthoughtlesslywith his lipsto doevilorto dogood,in whatevermatter a manmay speakthoughtlesslywith an oath,and it is hiddenfrom him, and then he comes to know[it], he will be guiltyin oneof these.
"But ifher fathershould forbidher on the dayhe hears[of it], noneof her vowsor her obligationsby whichshe has boundherselfshall stand;and the LORDwill forgiveher becauseher fatherhad forbiddenher.
and her husbandhearsof it and saysnothingto her on the dayhe hears[it], then her vowsshall standand her obligationsby whichshe has boundherselfshall stand.
She madea vowand said,"O LORDof hosts,ifYou will indeedlookon the afflictionof Your maidservantand rememberme, and not forgetYour maidservant,but will giveYour maidservanta son,then I will givehim to the LORDallthe daysof his life,and a razorshall nevercomeon his head."
