Numbers 30:9-10

Vows Made by Widows

30:9 “But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact. ¹  30:10 If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,

[30:9]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text says her vow “shall stand against her.” In other words, she must fulfill, or bear the consequences of, whatever she vowed.