VOWS

- Solemn promises made to God Ps 76:11 - WERE MADE IN REFERENCE TO . Devoting the person to God Nu 6:2 . Dedicating children to God 1Sa 1:11 . Devoting property to God Ge 28:22 . Offering sacrifices Le 7:16; 22:18,22; Nu 15:3 . Afflicting the soul Nu 30:13 - To be voluntary De 23:21,22 - To be performed faithfully Nu 30:2 - To be performed without delay De 23:21,23 - Danger of inconsiderately making Pr 20:25 - Of children void without the consent of parents Nu 30:3-5 - Of married women void without consent of husbands Nu 30:6-8,10-13 - Of widows and women divorced from their husbands binding Nu 30:9 - Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making Nu 30:14,15 - Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation Le 27:1-8,11-23 - Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed Le 27:9,10 - RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE . Of Jacob Ge 28:20-22; 31:13 . Of Israelites Nu 21:2 . Of Jephthah Jud 11:30,31 . Of Hannah 1Sa 1:1 . Of Elkanah 1Sa 1:24 . Of David Ps 132:2-5 . Of mariners who cast out Jonah Jon 1:16 . Of Jonah Jon 2:9 . Of Lemuel's mother Pr 31:1,2 . Of Paul Ac 18:18 . Of certain Jews with Paul Ac 21:23,24,26 - All things dedicated by, to be brought to the tabernacle De 12:6,11,17,18,26 - Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God Le 22:23; Mal 1:14 - The hire of a prostitute or price of a dog could not be the subject of De 23:18

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Vows. Vows
Voluntary promises which, when once made, were to be kept if the thing vowed was right. They were made under a great variety of circumstances (Gen. 28: 18-22; Lev. 7:16; Num. 30:2-13; Deut. 23:18; Judg. 11:30, 39; 1 Sam. 1:11; Jonah 1:16; Acts 18:18; 21:23).

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VOWS. → Mosaic laws concerning Le 23:37,38; Nu 29:39 → Must be voluntary, see below → Must be performed, see below → Estimation of the redemption price of things offered in vows, to be made by the priest, according to age and sex of the person making the offering Le 27:1-13 → The redemption price of the offering of real estate, to be valued by the priest Le 27:14,15 → Of a field Le 27:16-25 → Edible things offered in, to be eaten the same day they were offered Le 7:16-18 → Things offered in, to be brought to the tabernacle or temple De 12:6,11,17,18,26 → Belonged to the priests Nu 18:14 → Rash
* By Jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the Ammonites were successful Jud 11:29-40
* The Israelites, to destroy the Benjamites Jud 21:5,6; with 20:21

→ Things forbidden to be offered in: Receipts of the whore and the price of a dog (male prostitute of a pagan shrine) De 23:18 → A minor, of himself Mr 7:11-13 → UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ge 28:20,21; 31:13; Le 5:4-13; 22:18-25; Nu 15:2-16; 30:1-16; De 23:18,21-23; Job 22:27; Ps 22:25; 50:14,15; 56:12; 61:5,8; 65:1; 66:13,14; 76:11; 116:14-19; Pr 20:25; Ec 5:4-6; Jon 2:9; Na 1:15
* See CONTRACT
* See COVENANT

→ INSTANCES OF
* Of Jacob, see above Ge 28:20-22
* Of the mother of Micah, in the dedication of silver for the making of an idol Jud 17:2,3
* Of Hannah, to consecrate to the Lord the child for which she prayed 1Sa 1:11; with 1:27,28
* Of Elkanah 1Sa 1:21
* Of Absalom 2Sa 15:7,8
* Of Job, not to entertain thoughts of fornication Job 31:1
* Of David Ps 132:2
* Of Ananias and Sapphira, in the dedication of the proceeds of the sale of their land Ac 5:1-11
* Of the Jews, to kill Paul Ac 23:12-15
* Of Jephthah, and of the Israelites
* See RASH VOWS, above
* See NAZARITE