If you go into your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat as many grapes as you like until you’re full. But never put any in your basket.
Bring ⌞your⌟ thanks to God as a sacrifice, and keep your vows to the Most High.
I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will keep my vows to you,
It is a trap for a person to say impulsively, “This is a holy offering!” and later to have second thoughts about those vows.
“Tell the Israelites: If any of you makes a special vow ⌞to give a person⌟ to the Lord, you may give money instead of the person.
Share what you have with God’s people who are in need. Be hospitable.
Certainly, “The earth is the Lord’s and everything it contains is his.”
Make sure you do what you said you would do ⌞in your vow⌟. You freely chose to make your vow to the Lord your God.
If you go into your neighbor’s grain field, you may pick grain by hand. But never use a sickle to cut your neighbor’s grain.
Don’t love money. Be happy with what you have because God has said, “I will never abandon you or leave you.”
The Israelites didn’t destroy these other people, because the leaders of the congregation had sworn an oath about them to the Lord God of Israel. The whole congregation complained about the leaders.