Catholic Public Domain Version
"But if he promptly contradicts it, she shall not be held liable to the promise. For her husband has contradicted it. And the Lord will be favorable to her. "
— Numbers 30:13, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.”
“Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. ”
“Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.”
““Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, her husband can confirm or nullify.”
“But if forthwith he gainsay it, she shall not be bound by the promise: because her husband gainsaid it, and the Lord will be merciful to her.”
“Every oath, and every undertaking which she gives, to keep herself from pleasure, may be supported or broken by her husband.”
“Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.”
Widows and divorced women shall repay whatever they have vowed.
If a wife in the house of her husband has bound herself by a vow or an oath,
if her husband heard it and remained silent, and he did not contradict the promise, she shall repay what she had promised.
But if he promptly contradicts it, she shall not be held liable to the promise. For her husband has contradicted it. And the Lord will be favorable to her.
If she has vowed or bound herself by oath, in order to afflict her soul by fasting, or by abstaining from other things, it shall be for the arbitration of her husband, as to whether or not she may do it.
But if the husband, upon hearing it, remains silent, and he delays judgment until another day, whatever she had vowed or promised, she shall repay, because when he first heard it, he remained silent.
And if he contradicted it only sometime after he had known about it, he shall bear his iniquity.”