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. — Jdj 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.