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 ofDe 23:18