Bilangan 30:13

30:13 “Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, ¹  her husband can confirm or nullify. ² 

Bilangan 30:12

30:12 But if her husband clearly nullifies ³  them when he hears them, then whatever she says ⁴  by way of vows or obligations will not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the Lord will release her from them.

[30:13]  ¹ tn The sentence uses the infinitive construct לְעַנֹּת (lÿ’annot, “to afflict”), which is the same word used in the instructions for the day of atonement in which people are to afflict themselves (their souls). The case here may be that the woman would take a religious vow on such an occasion to humble herself, to mortify her flesh, to abstain from certain things, perhaps even sexual relations within marriage.

[30:13]  ² tn Heb “or her husband can nullify.”

[30:12]  ³ tn The verb is the imperfect tense in the conditional clause. It is intensified with the infinitive absolute, which would have the force of saying that he nullified them unequivocally, or he made them null and void.

[30:12]  ⁴ tn Heb whatever proceeds from her lips.”