Numbers 30:3
1 And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded.
2 If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
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;
4 And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
5 But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed 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,