Numbers 30:1-3

International Standard Version

Regulations Concerning Vows

30 ^[a]Later, Moses told the elders of the Israeli tribes, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ² ‘When a man makes a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath—an obligation that is binding to himself—he is not to break his word. Instead, he is to fulfill whatever promise^[b] came out of his mouth.’”

Vows by Unmarried Women

³ “When a young woman makes a vow to the Lord or pledges^[c] herself^[d] to an obligation while she still lives in her father’s house,