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If she have a husband, and shall vow any thing, and the word once going out of her mouth shall bind her soul by an oath:

The day that her husband shall hear it, and not gainsay it, she shall be bound to the vow, and shall give whatsoever she promised.

But if as soon as he heareth he gainsay it, and make her promises and the words wherewith she had bound her soul of no effect: the Lord will forgive her.

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and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand. But if her husband(A) forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that obligates her or the rash promise by which she obligates herself, and the Lord will release her.(B)

“Any vow or obligation taken by a widow or divorced woman will be binding on her.

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