"However, ifyou refrainfrom vowing,it would not be sinin you.
"Offerto Goda sacrificeof thanksgivingAnd payyour vowsto the MostHigh;
I shall comeinto Your housewith burntofferings;I shall payYou my vows,
It is a trapfor a manto sayrashly,"It is holy!"And afterthe vowsto makeinquiry.
It is betterthat you should not vowthanthat you should vowand not pay.
"Speakto the sonsof Israeland sayto them, 'Whena manmakesa difficultvow,he [shall be valued] according to your valuationof personsbelonging to the LORD.
"Whenyou makea vowto the LORDyour God,you shall not delayto payit, for it would be sinin you, and the LORDyour Godwill surelyrequireit of you.
"You shall be carefulto performwhatgoesout from your lips,justas you have voluntarilyvowedto the LORDyour God,whatyou have promised.
The sonsof Israeldid not strikethem becausethe leadersof the congregationhad swornto them by the LORDthe Godof Israel.And the wholecongregationgrumbledagainstthe leaders.
