If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful.
Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One!
I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices; I will fulfill the vows I made to you,
It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, “Holy!” and only afterward to consider what he has vowed.
It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it.
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the Lord,
When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner.
Whatever you vow, you must be careful to do what you have promised, such as what you have vowed to the Lord your God as a freewill offering.
The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders,