Numbers 30:6   (Read all of Numbers 30)

"If she marries after she makes a vow or after her lips utter a rash promise by which she obligates herself

Numbers 30:7   (Read all of Numbers 30)

and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her, then her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand.

Numbers 30:8   (Read all of Numbers 30)

But if her husband 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.

Numbers 30:11   (Read all of Numbers 30)

and her husband hears about it but says nothing to her and does not forbid her, then all her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand.

Numbers 30:12   (Read all of Numbers 30)

But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the Lord will release her.

Numbers 30:13   (Read all of Numbers 30)

Her husband may confirm or nullify any vow she makes or any sworn pledge to deny herself.

Numbers 30:14   (Read all of Numbers 30)

But if her husband says nothing to her about it from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or the pledges binding on her. He confirms them by saying nothing to her when he hears about them.

Numbers 30:15   (Read all of Numbers 30)

If, however, he nullifies them some time after he hears about them, then he must bear the consequences of her wrongdoing."

Numbers 30:16   (Read all of Numbers 30)

These are the regulations the Lord gave Moses concerning relationships between a man and his wife, and between a father and his young daughter still living at home.

Numbers 31:1   (Read all of Numbers 31)

The Lord said to Moses,

Numbers 31:3   (Read all of Numbers 31)

So Moses said to the people, "Arm some of your men to go to war against the Midianites so that they may carry out the Lord's vengeance on them.

Numbers 31:4   (Read all of Numbers 31)

Send into battle a thousand men from each of the tribes of Israel."

Numbers 31:5   (Read all of Numbers 31)

So twelve thousand men armed for battle, a thousand from each tribe, were supplied from the clans of Israel.

Numbers 31:6   (Read all of Numbers 31)

Moses sent them into battle, a thousand from each tribe, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, who took with him articles from the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.

Numbers 31:8   (Read all of Numbers 31)

Among their victims were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur and Reba-the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

Numbers 31:10   (Read all of Numbers 31)

They burned all the towns where the Midianites had settled, as well as all their camps.

Numbers 31:11   (Read all of Numbers 31)

They took all the plunder and spoils, including the people and animals,

Numbers 31:12   (Read all of Numbers 31)

and brought the captives, spoils and plunder to Moses and Eleazar the priest and the Israelite assembly at their camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Numbers 31:16   (Read all of Numbers 31)

"They were the ones who followed Balaam's advice and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident, so that a plague struck the Lord's people.

Numbers 31:17   (Read all of Numbers 31)

Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,

Numbers 31:18   (Read all of Numbers 31)

but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

Numbers 31:19   (Read all of Numbers 31)

"Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed must stay outside the camp seven days. On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves and your captives.

Numbers 31:21   (Read all of Numbers 31)

Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone into battle, "This is what is required by the law that the Lord gave Moses:

Numbers 31:22   (Read all of Numbers 31)

Gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, lead