Numbers 30:9 · KJV
“But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.”
— Numbers 30:9
But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard {it}; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
Numbers 30 — Context
And her husband heard {it,} and held his peace at her in the day that he heard {it}: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
8But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard {it}; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her.
9But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.
10And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;
11And her husband heard {it}, and held his peace at her, {and} disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.
Cross References
Luke 2:37
And she {was} a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served {God} with fastings and prayers night and day.
Romans 7:2
For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to {her} husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of {her} husband.
Leviticus 21:7
They shall not take a wife {that is} a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he {is} holy unto his God.