Deuteronomy 23:22

The Scriptures 1998

“But when you abstain from vowing, it is not sin in you.

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“Offer thanksgiving to Elohim, And pay your vows to the Most High.

I enter Your house with burnt offerings; I complete my vows to You,

It is a snare for a man to say rashly, “It is set-apart,” And only later to reconsider his vows.

It is better not to vow than to vow and not pay.

“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕ

“When you make a vow to יהוה your Elohim, do not delay to pay it, for יהוה your Elohim is certainly requiring it of you, and it shall be sin in you.

“That which has gone from your lips you shall guard and do, for you voluntarily vowed to יהוה your Elohim what you have promised with your mouth.

But the children of Yisra’ĕ