Numbers 30:9

New International Reader's Version

“Suppose a widow makes a special promise. Or suppose she gives her word to do something. Then she must keep her promise. She must do what she agreed to do. The same rules apply to a woman who has been divorced.

Cross References

Leviticus 21:7

“ ‘They must not get married to women who are “unclean” because they are prostitutes. They must not marry women who are divorced from their husbands. That is because priests are holy. They are set apart for me. I am their God.

Numbers 30:10

“Suppose a woman living with her husband makes a special promise. Or she gives her word to do something.

Numbers 30:8

But suppose her husband doesn’t allow her to keep her promises when he hears about them. Then she doesn’t have to do what she promised. She doesn’t have to do what she agreed to do without thinking it through. The Lord will set her free.

Luke 2:37

Then she was a widow until she was 84. She never left the temple. She worshiped night and day, praying and going without food.

Romans 7:2

For example, by law a married woman remains married as long as her husband lives. But suppose her husband dies. Then the law that joins her to him no longer applies.

Deuteronomy 24:2

Then after she leaves his house she becomes another man’s wife.