1. Moses spoke to the leaders of the tribes of the Israelites: This is what the Lord has commanded:
2. When a man makes a solemn promise to the Lord or swears a solemn pledge of binding obligation for himself, he cannot break his word. He must do everything he said.
3. When a woman makes a solemn promise to the Lord or a binding obligation while she is young and in her father’s household,
4. and her father hears her solemn promise or her binding obligation for herself and keeps silent—then all her solemn promises and any of her binding obligations for herself will stand.