“‘They must not marry a woman who is profaned by prostitute, and they must not marry a woman divorced from her husband, because he is holy to his God.
Numbers 30:9 - Y'all Version Bible “But the vow of a widow or a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound her soul, will be binding on 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 must not marry a woman who is profaned by prostitute, and they must not marry a woman divorced from her husband, because he is holy to his God.
“If she vowed in her husband’s house or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,
But if her husband forbids her in the day that he hears it, then he makes void her vow which is on her and the rash utterance of her lips, with which she has bound her soul. YHWH will forgive her.
and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never departed from the temple, serving night and day through fasting and prayer.
For example, a married woman is bound by law to the husband while he lives, but if the husband dies, she is released from the law regarding the husband.
When she has departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.