Dictionary entry

VOWS

Nave's Topical Bible

→ Mosaic laws concerning Le 23:37,38; Nu 29:39

→ Must be voluntary, see below

→ Must be performed, see below

→ Estimation of the redemption price of things offered in vows, to be made by the priest, according to age and sex of the person making the offering Le 27:1-13

→ The redemption price of the offering of real estate, to be valued by the priest Le 27:14,15

→ Of a field Le 27:16-25

→ Edible things offered in, to be eaten the same day they were offered Le 7:16-18

→ Things offered in, to be brought to the tabernacle or temple De 12:6,11,17,18,26

→ Belonged to the priests Nu 18:14

→ Rash

  • By Jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the Ammonites were successful Jud 11:29-40
  • The Israelites, to destroy the Benjamites Jud 21:5,6; with 20:21

→ Things forbidden to be offered in: Receipts of the whore and the price of a “dog” (male prostitute of a pagan shrine) De 23:18

→ A minor, of himself Mr 7:11-13

→ UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO Ge 28:20,21; 31:13; Le 5:4-13; 22:18-25; Nu 15:2-16; 30:1-16; De 23:18,21-23; Job 22:27; Ps 22:25; 50:14,15; 56:12; 61:5,8; 65:1; 66:13,14; 76:11; 116:14-19; Pr 20:25; Ec 5:4-6; Jon 2:9; Na 1:15

→ INSTANCES OF

  • Of Jacob, see above Ge 28:20-22
  • Of the mother of Micah, in the dedication of silver for the making of an idol Jud 17:2,3
  • Of Hannah, to consecrate to the Lord the child for which she prayed 1Sa 1:11; with 1:27,28
  • Of Elkanah 1Sa 1:21
  • Of Absalom 2Sa 15:7,8
  • Of Job, not to entertain thoughts of fornication Job 31:1
  • Of David Ps 132:2
  • Of Ananias and Sapphira, in the dedication of the proceeds of the sale of their land Ac 5:1-11
  • Of the Jews, to kill Paul Ac 23:12-15
  • Of Jephthah, and of the Israelites
  • See RASH VOWS, above
  • See NAZARITE