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.
Promesas de las mujeres
1Moisés dijo a los jefes de las tribus de Israel: «El Señor ha ordenado que 2cuando un hombre haga una promesa al Señor o bajo juramento haga un compromiso, no deberá faltar a su palabra, sino que cumplirá con todo lo prometido.
3»Cuando una joven, que todavía viva en casa de su padre, haga una promesa al Señor y se comprometa en algo, 4si su padre se entera de su promesa y de su compromiso, pero no le dice nada, entonces ella estará obligada a cumplir con todas sus promesas y compromisos. 5Pero si su padre se entera y no lo aprueba, todas las promesas y compromisos que la joven haya hecho quedarán anulados, y el Señor la absolverá porque fue el padre quien los desaprobó.
6»Si la joven se casa después de haber hecho una promesa o un compromiso precipitado que la compromete 7y su esposo se entera, pero no le dice nada, entonces ella estará obligada a cumplir sus promesas y compromisos. 8Pero si su esposo se entera y no lo aprueba, la promesa y el compromiso que ella hizo en forma precipitada quedarán anulados, y el Señor la absolverá.
9»La viuda o divorciada que haga una promesa o compromiso estará obligada a cumplirlo.
10»Cuando una mujer casada haga una promesa o bajo juramento se comprometa en algo, 11si su esposo se entera, pero se queda callado y no lo desaprueba, entonces ella estará obligada a cumplir todas sus promesas y compromisos. 12Pero si su esposo se entera y los anula, entonces ninguna de las promesas o compromisos que haya hecho le serán obligatorios, pues su esposo los anuló. El Señor la absolverá.
13»El esposo tiene la autoridad de confirmar o de anular cualquier promesa o juramento de abstinencia que ella haya hecho. 14En cambio, si los días pasan y el esposo se queda callado, su silencio confirmará todas las promesas y compromisos contraídos por ella. El esposo los confirmará por no haber dicho nada cuando se enteró. 15Pero si llega a anularlos después de un tiempo de haberse enterado, entonces él cargará con la culpa de su esposa».
16Estos son los estatutos que el Señor dio a Moisés en cuanto a la relación entre esposo y esposa, y entre el padre y la hija que todavía viva en su casa.
