Numbers 30:8

New American Bible - revised edition

and her husband learns of it, yet says nothing to her on the day he learns it, then the vows or the pledges to which she bound herself remain valid.

Cross References

Genesis 3:16

To the woman he said: I will intensify your toil in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Yet your urge shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.

Jeremiah 44:19

And the women said, “When we offered sacrifices to the Queen of Heaven and poured out libations to her, did we bake cakes in her image and pour out libations to her without our husbands’ consent?”

Leviticus 5:4

or if someone, without being aware of it, rashly utters an oath with bad or good intent, whatever kind of oath this may be, and then subsequently becomes aware of guilt in regard to any of these matters—

Numbers 30:5

and her father learns of her vow or the pledge to which she bound herself and says nothing to her about it, then any vow or any pledge to which she bound herself remains valid.

Numbers 30:7

“If she marries while under a vow or under a rash pledge to which she bound herself,

Numbers 30:9

But if on the day her husband learns of it he opposes her, he thereby annuls the vow she had made or the rash pledge to which she had bound herself, and the Lord will release her from it.

1 Corinthians 14:34

women should keep silent in the churches, for they are not allowed to speak, but should be subordinate, as even the law says.

1 Corinthians 7:4

A wife does not have authority over her own body, but rather her husband, and similarly a husband does not have authority over his own body, but rather his wife.

1 Samuel 1:23

Her husband Elkanah answered her: “Do what you think best; wait until you have weaned him. Only may the Lord fulfill his word!” And so she remained at home and nursed her son until she had weaned him. Hannah Presents Samuel to the Lord.