Numbers 30:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.”
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“Every vow a widow or divorced woman pledges to fulfill is binding on her.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.”
King James Version · Public Domain“But the vow of a widow, or of her that is divorced, even everything wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand against her.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`As to the vow of a widow or cast-out woman, all that she hath bound on her soul is established on her.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 30:9 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 21:7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
- Deuteronomy 24:2If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
- Luke 2:37and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
- Romans 7:2For instance, a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is released from the law of marriage.
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