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The Laws of Vows and the Binding of the Soul
And Mushah spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Yashar'al, saying, "This is the thing which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 hath commanded."
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Bamidbar 30
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"If a man vow a vow unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth."
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The Vows of a Daughter in Her Father's House
"If a woman also vow a vow unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;"
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"And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand."
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"But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her."
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The Vows of a Married Woman
"And if she had at all a husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul;"
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"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."
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"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 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 shall forgive her."
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The Vows of a Widow or Divorced Woman
"But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her."
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The Authority of the Husband
"And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath;"
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"And 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."
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"But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 shall forgive her."
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"Chawahry vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void."
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"But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them."
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"But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity."
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The Conclusion of the Statutes
These are the statutes, which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 commanded Mushah, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house.