1 The Lord told Moses to say to Israel's tribal leaders:
2 When one of you men makes a promise to the Lord, you must keep your word.
3 Suppose a young woman who is still living with her parents makes a promise to the Lord.
4 If her father hears about it and says nothing, she must keep her promise.
5 But if he hears about it and objects, then she no longer has to keep her promise. The Lord will forgive her, because her father did not agree with the promise.
6-7 Suppose a woman makes a promise to the Lord and then gets married. If her husband later hears about the promise but says nothing, she must do what she said, whether she meant it or not.