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# the vow and the promise
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These two phrases have very similar meanings. They emphasize what she has promised to do. Alternate translation: "the vow" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# by which she has bound herself
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Here Moses speaks of how a woman has committed herself to fulfilling a promise as if her promise were a physical object that she had bound to her body. Alternate translation: "that she has committed herself to fulfill" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# to reverse her
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"to cancel what she has said"
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# then all her vows will stand, and every pledge ... will stand
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These two statements say basically the same thing and emphasize that she must keep all of her vows. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# will stand
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This is an idiom. It means that her vows will remain in effect and that she will be required to fulfill them. Alternate translation: "she will be obligated to fulfill" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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