Verse 2

Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When someone makes a special vow to dedicate persons to the LORD according to your valuation,

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  • Num 6:2 : 2 Speak to the Israelites and say to them: If a man or a woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate themselves for the LORD,
  • Deut 23:21-23 : 21 You may charge interest to a foreigner, but not to a fellow Israelite, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all your undertakings in the land you are about to enter and possess. 22 When you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not delay to fulfill it, for the LORD your God will surely demand it of you, and you will be guilty of sin. 23 But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty.
  • Judg 11:30-31 : 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord: 'If you give the Ammonites into my hands, 31 whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites will belong to the Lord, and I will offer it as a burnt offering.'
  • Judg 11:39 : 39 After the two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin. From this, it became a custom in Israel
  • 1 Sam 1:11 : 11 She made a vow, saying, 'LORD of Hosts, if You will indeed look upon the affliction of Your servant and remember me, and not forget Your servant, but give Your servant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and no razor shall ever touch his head.'
  • 1 Sam 1:28 : 28 Now I give him to the LORD. For his whole life he will be given over to the LORD.' And they worshiped the LORD there.
  • Eccl 5:4-5 : 4 It is better not to make a vow than to make one and not fulfill it. 5 Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell God’s messenger that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry at your words and destroy the work of your hands?
  • Num 21:2 : 2 Then Israel made a vow to the LORD, saying, 'If You indeed deliver this people into our hands, we will completely destroy their cities.'
  • Num 30:3 : 3 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or swears an oath to bind himself by a promise, he must not break his word; he must do everything he said.
  • Gen 28:20-22 : 20 Then Jacob made a vow, saying, 'If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey I am taking, and give me food to eat and clothes to wear, 21 'so that I return safely to my father’s house, then the Lord will be my God.' 22 And this stone that I have set up as a pillar will be God's house, and of everything you give me, I will surely give a tenth back to you.'