They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
Numbers 30:9 - English Standard Version 2016 (But any vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, anything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her.) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, with which she has bound herself, shall stand against her. American Standard Version (1901) But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her. Common English Bible Every solemn promise of a widow or a divorced woman who makes a binding obligation for herself will stand. Catholic Public Domain Version But if, as soon as he hears it, he contradicts it, then he will have caused her promises, and the words by which she had bound her soul, to be null and void. The Lord will be favorable to her. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if, as soon as he heareth, he gainsay it, and make her promises and the words wherewith she had bound her soul of no effect: the Lord will forgive her. |
They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
And if she vowed in her husband’s house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath,
But if, on the day that her husband comes to hear of it, he opposes her, then he makes void her vow that was on her, and the thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she bound herself. And the Lord will forgive her.
and then as a widow until she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.
For a married woman is bound by law to her husband while he lives, but if her husband dies she is released from the law of marriage.