2If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. …
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-2)This law was delivered to the heads of the tribes that they might instruct those who were under their charge, explain the law to them, give then necessary cautions, and call them to account, if there were occasion, for the breach of their vows. Perhaps the heads of the tribes had, upon some emergency of this kind, consulted Moses, and desired by him to know the mind of God, and here they are told…
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