Numbers 30:3
1 Then Moses said to the heads of the tribes of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:
2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to obligate himself by a pledge, he must not break his word; he must do everything he has promised.
And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,
4 and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
5 But if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And if a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the LORD or obligates herself by a pledge,
- KJV
- If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth;
- WEB
- “Also, when a woman vows a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a pledge, being in her father’s house, in her youth,
- ASV
- Also when a woman voweth a vow unto Jehovah, and bindeth herself by a bond, being in her father`s house, in her youth,
- DARBY
- If a woman also vow a vow to Jehovah, and bind herself by a bond, in her father's house in her youth,
- BLB
- Or if a woman makes a vow to YHWH and binds [herself] by some binding obligation while in the house of her father in her youth,
- ÅB
- Og når en ung kvinne som enda er hjemme hos sin far, gjør Herren et løfte eller forplikter seg til avhold i noen ting,
- OTB
- Hvis en ung kvinne, som fortsatt bor i sin fars hus, gir et løfte til Herren eller binder seg med et løfte,
- B1930
- Og når en ung kvinne som ennu er hjemme hos sin far, gjør Herren et løfte eller forplikter sig til avhold i nogen ting,