Bible Cross References
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Deuteronomy 23:18
You shall not bring the wages of prostitution or the price of a dog into the house of Jehovah your God for any vow, for both of these are an abomination unto Jehovah your God.
Genesis 28:20
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me in this way that I am going, and give me bread to eat and clothing to put on,
Genesis 35:1-3
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And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there; and make an altar there to the Mighty God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.
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And Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, Put away the foreign gods that are among you, purify yourselves, and change your garments.
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Let us arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make an altar there to the Mighty God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me in the way which I have gone.
Leviticus 27:2-34
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Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: When a man makes an extraordinary vow of his soul unto Jehovah by valuation,
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if your valuation is of a male from twenty years old up to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary.
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If it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels;
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and if from five years old up to twenty years old, then your valuation for a male shall be twenty shekels, and for a female ten shekels;
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and if from a month old up to five years old, then your valuation for a male shall be five shekels of silver, and for a female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver;
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and if from sixty years old and above, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for a female ten shekels.
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But if he is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall set a value for him; according to what he who vowed is able to afford, the priest shall value him.
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If it is an animal that men may bring as an offering unto Jehovah, all that anyone gives unto Jehovah shall be holy.
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He shall not substitute it nor exchange it, good for bad or bad for good; and if he at all exchanges beast for beast, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy.
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If it is an unclean beast which they do not offer as an offering unto Jehovah, then he shall present the beast before the priest;
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and the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be.
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But if he pays to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth to your valuation.
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And when a man consecrates his house to be holy unto Jehovah, then the priest shall set a value for it, whether it is good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand.
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If he who consecrated it will redeem his house, then he shall add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be his.
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If a man consecrates unto Jehovah part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed for it. A homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver.
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If he consecrates his field from the Year of Jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand.
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But if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money due according to the years that remain till the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation.
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And if he who consecrates the field will pay to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of the money of your valuation to it, and it shall be confirmed to him.
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But if he does not redeem the field, or if he has sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed anymore;
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but the field, when it goes out in the Jubilee, shall be holy unto Jehovah, as a devoted field; it shall be the possession of the priest.
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And if a man consecrates unto Jehovah a field which he has bought, which is not the field of his possession,
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then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your valuation, up to the Year of Jubilee, and he shall give your valuation on that day as a holy offering unto Jehovah.
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In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him from whom it was bought, to the one who owns the land as a possession.
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And all your valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs to the shekel.
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But the firstborn of the beasts, which is the firstborn unto Jehovah, no man shall consecrate; whether ox or sheep: it is already Jehovah's.
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And if it is an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation, and shall add one-fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation.
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Nevertheless no devoted thing that a man may devote unto Jehovah of all that he has, both man and beast, or the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is set apart, holy, unto Jehovah.
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No devoted thing, devoted for destruction by men, shall be redeemed, but shall die the death.
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And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is Jehovah's. It is holy unto Jehovah.
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If a man will pay to redeem any of his tithes, he shall add one-fifth to it.
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And concerning the tithe of the herd or the flock, of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy unto Jehovah.
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He shall not inquire whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; and if he makes a change to exchange it, then both it and the one exchanged for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed.
34
These are the commandments which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel on Mount Sinai.
Numbers 30:2-16
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If a man vows a vow unto Jehovah, or swears an oath to bind his soul to a bond, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.
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If a woman vows a vow unto Jehovah, and has bound her soul to a bond while in her father's house in her youth,
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and her father has heard her vow and the bond by which she has bound her soul, and her father has remained silent, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond to which she has bound her soul shall stand.
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But if her father has disallowed her on the day that he hears, then none of her vows nor her bonds by which she has bound her soul shall stand; and Jehovah will forgive her, because her father has disallowed her.
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And if she belongs to a husband, when she has bound her soul with a vow or rash utterance of her lips,
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and her husband has heard, and has kept silent to her on the day that he hears, then her vows have been confirmed, and her bonds by which she bound her soul shall stand.
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But if her husband disallows her on the day that he hears it, he has made void her vow which she uttered with her lips, with which she bound her soul; and Jehovah will forgive her.
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But any vow of a widow or a divorced woman, by which she has bound her soul, shall be confirmed against her.
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If she has vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath,
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and her husband has heard it, and kept silent to her and has not disallowed her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond by which she has bound her soul has been confirmed.
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But if her husband disallows, to void them on the day he hears them, then whatever proceeded from her lips concerning her vows or concerning the bond of her soul shall not stand; her husband has made them void; and Jehovah will forgive her.
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Every vow and every binding oath to humble her soul, her husband may confirm it, or her husband may make it void.
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But if her husband is silent and says nothing to her from day to day, then he has confirmed all her vows or all the bonds that are upon her; he has confirmed them, because he has remained silent to her on the day that he heard them.
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And if he does disallow, to make them void after he has heard them, then he has taken on her guilt.
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These are the statutes which Jehovah has commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter in her youth in her father's house.
Psalm 56:12
Your vows are upon me, O God; I will give thanks unto You,
Psalm 66:13
I will go into Your house with burnt offerings; I will make good to You my vows,
Psalm 66:14
which my lips have uttered and my mouth has spoken when I was in distress.
Psalm 76:11
Vow unto Jehovah your God, and make good; let all who are around Him bring presents to Him who is to be feared.
Psalm 116:18
I will make good my vows unto Jehovah now in the presence of all His people,
Ecclesiastes 5:4
When you vow a vow to God, do not hesitate to pay it; for He has no pleasure in fools. Pay that which you have vowed.
Ecclesiastes 5:5
It is better that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay.
Jonah 1:16
Then the men revered Jehovah with great fear and offered a sacrifice to Jehovah, and vowed vows.
Jonah 2:9
but I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will make good that which I have vowed. Salvation is from Jehovah!
Nahum 1:15
Behold, on the mountains the feet of Him bearing good tidings, proclaiming, Peace! O Judah, keep your feasts; fulfill your vows; for the wicked will no more pass through you; he is completely cut off.