1 So Moses instructed the Israelites exactly as the Lord had commanded him.
2 Moses said to the heads of the Israelite tribes, “This is what the Lord has commanded:
3 When a man makes a vow to the Lord or binds himself under oath to a pledge, he shall not violate his word, but must fulfill exactly the promise he has uttered.
4 “When a woman makes a vow to the Lord, or binds herself to a pledge, while still in her father’s house in her youth,