Judges 11:31

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

then whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the Lord’s, to be offered up by me as a burnt offering.”

Cross References

Genesis 28:21

so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God,

Isaiah 66:3

Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who kills a human, whoever sacrifices a lamb like one who breaks a dog’s neck, whoever presents a grain offering like one who offers pig’s blood, whoever makes a memorial offering of frankincense like one who blesses an idol. Just as these have chosen their own ways and in their abominations they take delight,

Deuteronomy 23:18

You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God.

Judges 11:30

And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, “If you will give the Ammonites into my hand,

Judges 11:32

So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the Lord gave them into his hand.

1 Samuel 1:11

She made this vow: “O Lord of hosts, if only you will look on the misery of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant but will give to your servant a male child, then I will set him before you as a nazirite until the day of his death. He shall drink neither wine nor intoxicants, and no razor shall touch his head.”

1 Samuel 1:28

Therefore I have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives, he is given to the Lord.” And they worshiped the Lord there.

1 Samuel 14:24

Now Saul committed a very rash act on that day. He had laid an oath on the troops, saying, “Cursed be anyone who eats food before it is evening and I have been avenged on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted food.

1 Samuel 14:44

Saul said, “God do so to me and more also; you shall surely die, Jonathan!”

1 Samuel 2:18

Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy wearing a linen ephod.