Numbers 5:29

5:29 “‘This is the law for cases of jealousy, ¹  when a wife, while under her husband’s authority, goes astray and defiles herself,

Numbers 30:10

30:10 If she made the vow in her husband’s house or put herself under obligation with an oath,

Numbers 30:13

30:13 “Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, ²  her husband can confirm or nullify. ³ 

[5:29]  ¹ tn Heb “law of jealousies.”

[30:13]  ² tn The sentence uses the infinitive construct לְעַנֹּת (lÿ’annot, “to afflict”), which is the same word used in the instructions for the day of atonement in which people are to afflict themselves (their souls). The case here may be that the woman would take a religious vow on such an occasion to humble herself, to mortify her flesh, to abstain from certain things, perhaps even sexual relations within marriage.

[30:13]  ³ tn Heb “or her husband can nullify.”