1And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded. 2If 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.30.2 break: Heb. profane
3If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father’s house in her youth; 4And 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. 5But 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. 6And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;30.6 she vowed: Heb. her vows were upon her 7And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 8But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. 9But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. 10And if she vowed in her husband’s house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; 11And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. 12But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. 13Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. 14But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. 15But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. 16These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father’s house.
許願的條例
1摩西對以色列各支派的首領說：「以下是耶和華的吩咐。
2「倘若人在什麼事上向耶和華許願或起誓，他就不可食言，必須履行諾言。 3倘若未出嫁的少女在什麼事上向耶和華許願或起誓， 4倘若她父親得知她許的願或起的誓後沒有反對，她就必須履行諾言； 5倘若她父親得知後加以反對，她的諾言就無效。耶和華必不追究她，因為她父親反對。
6「倘若有女子出嫁前許了願或信口起了誓， 7她丈夫得知後沒有反對，她就必須履行諾言； 8倘若她丈夫得知後加以反對，她的諾言就無效，耶和華必不追究她。 9倘若寡婦或被休的婦人在什麼事上許願或起誓，她必須履行諾言。
10「倘若已婚婦女在夫家許願或起誓， 11她丈夫得知後沒有反對，她就必須履行諾言； 12倘若她丈夫得知的當天加以反對，她的諾言就無效。耶和華必不追究她，因為她丈夫反對。 13丈夫有權贊同或反對妻子許的願或起的誓。 14倘若丈夫得知妻子許願或起誓的當天沒有反對，她就必須履行諾言，因為丈夫當天默認了。 15倘若丈夫當天默認了，後來又加以反對，他就要承擔妻子的罪責。」
16以上是耶和華藉摩西頒佈的有關丈夫和妻子、父親和未出嫁的女兒要遵守的條例。
