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Vows

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Vows in the Bible Dictionary

  1. Mosaic laws concerning Lev 23:37, 38; Num 29:39
  2. Must be voluntary, see below
  3. Must be performed, see below
  4. 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 Lev 27:1–13
  5. The redemption price of the offering of real estate, to be valued by the priest Lev 27:14, 15
  6. Of a field Lev 27:16–25
  7. Edible things offered in, to be eaten the same day they were offered Lev 7:16–18
  8. Things offered in, to be brought to the tabernacle or temple Deut 12:6, 11, 17, 18, 26
  9. Belonged to the priests Num 18:14
  10. Rash
  11. By Jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the Ammonites were successful Judg 11:29–40
  12. The Israelites, to destroy the Benjamites Judg 21:5, 6; 20:21
  13. Things forbidden to be offered in: Receipts of the whore and the price of a “dog” (male prostitute of a pagan shrine) Deut 23:18
  14. A minor, of himself Mark 7:11–13
  15. Unclassified scriptures relating to Gen 28:20, 21; 31:13; Lev 5:4–13; 22:18–25; Num 15:2–16; 30; Deut 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; Prov 20:25; Eccl 5:4–6; Jonah 2:9; Nah 1:15
  16. See Contract
  17. See Covenant
  18. Instances of
  19. Of Jacob, see above Gen 28:20–22
  20. Of the mother of Micah, in the dedication of silver for the making of an idol Judg 17:2, 3
  21. Of Hannah, to consecrate to the Lord the child for which she prayed 1 Sam 1:11, 27, 28
  22. Of Elkanah 1 Sam 1:21
  23. Of Absalom 2 Sam 15:7, 8
  24. Of Job, not to entertain thoughts of fornication Job 31:1
  25. Of David Ps 132:2
  26. Of Ananias and Sapphira, in the dedication of the proceeds of the sale of their land Acts 5:1–11
  27. Of the Jews, to kill Paul Acts 23:12–15
  28. Of Jephthah, and of the Israelites
  29. See RASH VOWS, above
  30. See Nazarite

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.