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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
et que son père aura connaissance du voeu qu'elle a fait et de l'engagement par lequel elle s'est liée, -si son père garde le silence envers elle, tout voeu qu'elle aura fait sera valable, et tout engagement par lequel elle se sera liée sera valable;
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III
. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ αἱ εὐχαὶ καὶ οἱ ὁρισμοὶ τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιλύονται, ὅταν ἐν οἴκῳ γένωνται πατρὸς ἢ ἀνδρός (Num. 30, 4 ss.), μὴ ἡσυχαζόντων τῶν λογισμῶν μηδὲ ἐπιτιθεμένων τῇ τροπῇ, ἀλλὰ περιαιρούντων τὸ ἁμάρτημα· τότε γὰρ καὶ ὁ δεσπότης ἁπάντων „καθαριεῖ αὐτήν“. εὐχὴν δὲ χήρας καὶ ἐκβεβ…
Philo Judaeus
De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)
isch.): διαφυλάττειν F (v) ῥαδίως RF: ταχέως M (Tisch.) 20 οὔτ᾿ ἄνδρας F 21 τὴν om. M 22 ἠρεμία M 13 Num. 30,4 sqq. 19 Num. 3010. κηδομένων βεβαιουμένους. ἐὰν δέ τις ἐπιορκοῦντά τινα εἰδὼς μὴ καταμηνύσῃ ἢ ἀπελέγξῃ φιλίᾳ ἢ αἰδοῖ ἢ φόβῳ διδοὺς πλέον ἢ εὐσεβείᾳ, τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐπιτιμίο…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
bidden. Therefore it would seem that they can lawfully take vows. On the contrary, It is commanded ( Num. 30:4-6 ) that "if a woman vow any thing . . . being in her father's house, and yet but a girl in age," she is not bound by the vow, unless her father consent: and the same is…
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