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Deuteronomy 23

Deut. 23:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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When thou shalt vow
nadar (Hebrew #5087)
to promise (pos., to do or give something to God)
KJV usage: (make a) vow.
Pronounce: naw-dar'
Origin: a primitive root
d a vow
neder (Hebrew #5088)
from 5087; a promise (to God); also (concretely) a thing promised
KJV usage: vow((-ed)).
Pronounce: neh'-der
Origin: or neder {nay'-der}
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
thy God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
, thou shalt not slack
'achar (Hebrew #309)
to loiter (i.e. be behind); by implication to procrastinate
KJV usage: continue, defer, delay, hinder, be late (slack), stay (there), tarry (longer).
Pronounce: aw-khar'
Origin: a primitive root
to pay
shalam (Hebrew #7999)
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
KJV usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.
Pronounce: shaw-lam'
Origin: a primitive root
it: for the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
thy God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
will surely
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
require
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
it of thee; and it would be sin
chet' (Hebrew #2399)
a crime or its penalty
KJV usage: fault, X grievously, offence, (punishment of) sin.
Pronounce: khate
Origin: from 2398
in thee.

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Deut. 23:18• 18{i}Thou shalt not bring the hire of a harlot, or the price of a dog, into the house of Jehovah thy God for any vow; for even both these are an abomination to Jehovah thy God.{/i} (Deut. 23:18)
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Gen. 28:20• 20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and keep me on this road that I go, and give me bread to eat and raiment to put on, (Gen. 28:20)
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Gen. 35:1‑3• 1And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there; and make there an altar to God that appeared to thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother.
2And Jacob said to his household, and to all that [were] with him, Put away the strange gods that [are] among you, and cleanse yourselves, and change your garments;
3and we will arise and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to God that answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.
(Gen. 35:1‑3)
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Lev. 27:2‑34• 2Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When a man devoteth by a vow, the persons [shall be] for Jehovah by thy valuation.
3And thy valuation shall be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old: even thy valuation shall be sixty shekels of silver after the shekel of the sanctuary.
4And if for a female, then thy valuation shall be thirty shekels.
5And if from five years old even to twenty years old, then thy valuation of the male shall be twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels.
6And if from a month old even to five years old, then thy valuation of the male shall be five shekels of silver, and for the female thy valuation [shall be] three shekels of silver.
7And if from sixty years old and above, if a male, then thy valuation shall be fifteen shekels; and for the female ten shekels.
8And if he be poorer than thy valuation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his means that vowed shall the priest value him.
9And if it be] a beast of which men offer an offering to Jehovah, all that they give of such to Jehovah shall be holy.
10They shall not alter it nor change it; a good for a bad nor a bad for a good; and if he at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
11And if any unclean beast, of which they do not offer an offering to Jehovah, then he shall present the beast before the priest;
12and the priest shall value it, between good and bad: according to thy valuation, O priest, so shall it be.
13And if they will in any wise redeem it, then they shall add a fifth thereof according to thy valuation.
14And when anyone halloweth his house, that it may be holy to Jehovah, the priest shall value it, between good and bad: as the priest shall value it, so shall it stand.
15And if he that halloweth it will redeem his house, he shall add the fifth of the money of thy valuation to it, and it shall be his.
16And if a man hallow to Jehovah out of a field of his possession, thy valuation shall be according to the seed thereof: the homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver.
17If he hallow his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy valuation it shall stand;
18but if he hallow his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain until the year of the jubilee, and there shall be a reduction from thy valuation.
19And if he that hallowed the field will in any wise redeem it, he shall add the fifth of the money of thy valuation unto it, and it shall be assured to him;
20but if he do not redeem the field, or if he sell the field to another man, it cannot be redeemed anymore;
21and the field when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy to Jehovah as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
22And if he hallow to Jehovah a field that he hath bought, which [is] not the field of his possession,
23the priest shall reckon to him the amount of thy valuation unto the year of the jubilee; and he shall give thy valuation on that day, holy unto Jehovah.
24In the year of the jubilee the field shall return to him of whom it was bought, to him to whom the possession of the land [belonged].
25And all thy valuations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel.
26Only the firstling among beasts, which is made a firstling to Jehovah, no man shall sanctify it: whether [it be] ox or sheep, it [is] Jehovah's.
27And if [it be] of an unclean beast, then he shall ransom [it] according to thine estimation, and shall add to it the fifth thereof; or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thine estimation.
28Notwithstanding, no devoted thing that a man shall devote to Jehovah of all that he hath, of man or beast, or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing [is] most holy to Jehovah.
29None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.
30And all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land, [or] of the fruit of the tree, [is] Jehovah's, holy to Jehovah.
31And if a man will redeem [aught] of his tithe, he shall add to it the fifth thereof.
32And all the tithe of the herd or the flock, whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to Jehovah.
33He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it; and if he change it at all, then both it and that for which it is changed shall be holy: it shall not be redeemed.
34These [are] the commandments which Jehovah commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai.
(Lev. 27:2‑34)
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Num. 30:2‑16• 2If a man vow a vow unto Jehovah, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
3If a woman also vow a vow unto Jehovah, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;
4and her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
5{i}But if her father prohibited her in the day that he heard, none of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand; and Jehovah shall pardon her, because her father prohibited her.{/i}
6{i}And if she have a husband, when she hath her vow upon her or ought that hath passed her lips wherewith she hath bound her soul,{/i}
7{i}and her husband hear it and be silent at her in the day that he heareth it, then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.{/i}
8{i}But if her husband prohibit her on the day that he heareth it, and annul her vow which is upon her, and what hath passed her lips, wherewith she hath bound her soul, then Jehovah shall pardon her.{/i}
9{i}But the vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, —everything wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand against her.{/i}
10{i}And if she have vowed in her husband's house, or have bound her soul by an oath with a bond,{/i}
11{i}and her husband have heard it, and been silent at her, and hath not prohibited her, then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.{/i}
12{i}But if her husband have expressly annulled them on the day that he heard them, then nothing of that which is gone out of her lips as to her vows or the bond on her soul, shall stand: her husband hath annulled them; and Jehovah will pardon her.{/i}
13{i}Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband can establish it, or her husband can annul it.{/i}
14{i}And if her husband be altogether silent at her from day to day, then he hath established all her vows or all her bonds which are upon her; he hath confirmed them, for he hath been silent at her in the day that he heard them.{/i}
15{i}But if he in any way annul them after he hath heard them, then he shall bear her iniquity.{/i}
16{i}These are the statutes, which Jehovah commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, in her youth in her father's house.{/i}
(Num. 30:2‑16)
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Psa. 56:12• 12Upon me, O God, [are] thy vows:{HR}I will render thank-offerings unto thee. (Psa. 56:12)
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Psa. 66:13‑14• 13I will go to thy house with burnt offerings,{HR}I will pay to thee my vows,
14Which my lips uttered and my mouth spoke in my distress.
(Psa. 66:13‑14)
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Psa. 76:11• 11Vow and pray to Jehovah your God:{HR}All around him will bring a present to the Fear . (Psa. 76:11)
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Psa. 116:18• 18My vows to Jehovah I will pay,{HR}Yea before all his people, (Psa. 116:18)
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Eccl. 5:4‑5• 4When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it;{HR}For he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou vowest.
5Better is it that thou shouldest not vow,{HR}Than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
(Eccl. 5:4‑5)
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Jonah 1:16• 16{i}And the men feared Jehovah exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto Jehovah, and made vows.{/i} (Jonah 1:16)
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Jonah 2:9• 9{i}But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving;{HR}I will pay that which I have vowed.{HR}Salvation is of Jehovah.{/i} (Jonah 2:9)
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Nah. 1:15• 15Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. (Nah. 1:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not delay to perform it; for Jehovah thy God will certainly require it of thee, and it shall be sin in thee.

W. Kelly Translation

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When thou vowest a vow to Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not delay to perform it; for Jehovah thy God will certainly require it of thee, and it shall be sin in thee.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)