I proclaimed a fast by the River Ahava, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us, our dependents, and all our possessions.
Numbers 30:13 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Her husband may confirm or cancel any vow or any sworn obligation to deny herself. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Every vow and every binding oath to humble or afflict herself, her husband may establish it or her husband may annul it. American Standard Version (1901) Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. Common English Bible Her husband may allow any solemn promise or any binding pledge of self-denial to stand or be broken. Catholic Public Domain Version But if he promptly contradicts it, she shall not be held liable to the promise. For her husband has contradicted it. And the Lord will be favorable to her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if forthwith he gainsay it, she shall not be bound by the promise: because her husband gainsaid it, and the Lord will be merciful to her. |
I proclaimed a fast by the River Ahava, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and ask him for a safe journey for us, our dependents, and all our possessions.
Will the fast I choose be like this: A day for a person to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the Lord?
‘This is to be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month you are to practise self-denial and do no work, both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.
‘The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You are to hold a sacred assembly and practise self-denial; you are to present a food offering to the Lord.
It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must practise self-denial. You are to observe your Sabbath from the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening.’
‘You are to hold a sacred assembly on the tenth day of this seventh month and practise self-denial; do not do any work.
But if her husband cancels them on the day he hears about it, nothing that came from her lips, whether her vows or her obligation, is binding. Her husband has cancelled them, and the Lord will release her.
If her husband says nothing at all to her from day to day, he confirms all her vows and obligations, which are binding. He has confirmed them because he said nothing to her when he heard about them.
But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, , and God is the head of Christ.
Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for the sake of man.
Do not deprive one another #– #except when you agree for a time, to devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again; otherwise, Satan may tempt you because of your lack of self-control.