Topic
Vows
99 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
These works date from 1884–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 23:18Easton · Smith · Nave · Torrey Things forbidden to be offered in: Receipts of the whore and the price of a “dog” (male prostitute of a pagan shrine)
Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
- Genesis 31:13Smith · Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
I am the God of Beth-el, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
- 1 Samuel 1:11Easton · Nave · Torrey INSTANCES OF — Of Hannah, to consecrate to the Lord the child for which she prayed
And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of…
- Acts 18:18Easton · Smith · Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Paul
¶ And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
- Genesis 28:20–22Nave · Torrey INSTANCES OF — Of Jacob, see above
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: And this stone, which I…
- Leviticus 7:16Easton · Torrey WERE MADE IN REFERENCE TO — Offering sacrifices
But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
- Leviticus 27:9Smith · Torrey Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed
And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy.
- Numbers 30:2Smith · Torrey To be performed faithfully
If 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.
- Deuteronomy 12:6Nave · Torrey Things offered in, to be brought to the tabernacle or temple
And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks:
- Deuteronomy 12:11Nave · Torrey Things offered in, to be brought to the tabernacle or temple
Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your…
- Deuteronomy 12:17Nave · Torrey Things offered in, to be brought to the tabernacle or temple
¶ Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand:
- Deuteronomy 12:18Nave · Torrey Things offered in, to be brought to the tabernacle or temple
But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD…
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- Deuteronomy 12:26 Nave · Torrey Things offered in, to be brought to the tabernacle or temple
- Deuteronomy 23:21 Smith · Torrey To be voluntary
- Judges 11:30 Easton · Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Jephthah
- 2 Samuel 15:8 Smith · Nave INSTANCES OF — Of Absalom
- Job 22:27 Smith · Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 76:11 Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Proverbs 20:25 Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Jonah 1:16 Easton · Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of mariners who cast out Jonah
- Jonah 2:9 Nave · Torrey UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Acts 21:23 Easton · Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of certain Jews with Paul
- Acts 21:24 Smith · Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of certain Jews with Paul
- Genesis 28:1–22 Easton
- Genesis 28:18–22 Smith
- Genesis 28:20 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Genesis 28:21 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Genesis 28:22 Torrey WERE MADE IN REFERENCE TO — Devoting property to God
- Leviticus 5:4–13 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Leviticus 7:16–18 Nave Edible things offered in, to be eaten the same day they were offered
- Leviticus 22:18–25 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Leviticus 22:18 Torrey WERE MADE IN REFERENCE TO — Offering sacrifices
- Leviticus 22:22 Torrey WERE MADE IN REFERENCE TO — Offering sacrifices
- Leviticus 22:23 Torrey Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God
- Leviticus 23:37 Nave Mosaic laws concerning
- Leviticus 23:38 Nave Mosaic laws concerning
- Leviticus 27:1–7 Smith
- Leviticus 27:1–13 Nave 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
- Leviticus 27:1–8 Torrey Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation
- Leviticus 27:10 Torrey Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed
- Leviticus 27:11–23 Torrey Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation
- Leviticus 27:14 Nave The redemption price of the offering of real estate, to be valued by the priest
- Leviticus 27:15 Nave The redemption price of the offering of real estate, to be valued by the priest
- Leviticus 27:16–25 Nave Of a field
- Leviticus 27:28 Smith
- Numbers 6:2 Torrey WERE MADE IN REFERENCE TO — Devoting the person to God
- Numbers 15:2–16 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Numbers 15:3 Torrey WERE MADE IN REFERENCE TO — Offering sacrifices
- Numbers 18:14 Nave Belonged to the priests
- Numbers 21:2 Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Israelites
- Numbers 29:39 Nave Mosaic laws concerning
- Numbers 30:1–16 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Numbers 30:2–13 Easton
- Numbers 30:3–5 Torrey Of children void without the consent of parents
- Numbers 30:6–8 Torrey Of married women void without consent of husbands
- Numbers 30:9 Torrey Of widows and women divorced from their husbands binding
- Numbers 30:10–13 Torrey Of married women void without consent of husbands
- Numbers 30:13 Torrey WERE MADE IN REFERENCE TO — Afflicting the soul
- Numbers 30:14 Torrey Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making
- Numbers 30:15 Torrey Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making
- Deuteronomy 23:21–23 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Deuteronomy 23:22 Torrey To be voluntary
- Deuteronomy 23:23 Torrey To be performed without delay
- Judges 11:29–40 Nave Rash — By Jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the Ammonites were successful
- Judges 11:31 Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Jephthah
- Judges 11:39 Easton
- Judges 17:2 Nave INSTANCES OF — Of the mother of Micah, in the dedication of silver for the making of an idol
- Judges 17:3 Nave INSTANCES OF — Of the mother of Micah, in the dedication of silver for the making of an idol
- Judges 21:5 Nave Rash — The Israelites, to destroy the Benjamites
- Judges 21:6 Nave Rash — The Israelites, to destroy the Benjamites
- 1 Samuel 1:1 Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Hannah
- 1 Samuel 1:21 Nave INSTANCES OF — Of Elkanah
- 1 Samuel 1:24 Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Elkanah
- 2 Samuel 15:7 Nave INSTANCES OF — Of Absalom
- Ezra 10:8 Smith
- Job 31:1 Nave INSTANCES OF — Of Job, not to entertain thoughts of fornication
- Psalms 22:25 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 50:14 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 50:15 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 56:12 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 61:5 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 61:8 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 65:1 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 66:13 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 66:14 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 116:14–19 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Psalms 132:2 Nave INSTANCES OF — Of David
- Psalms 132:2–5 Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of David
- Proverbs 31:1 Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Lemuel's mother
- Proverbs 31:2 Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of Lemuel's mother
- Ecclesiastes 5:4 Smith
- Ecclesiastes 5:4–6 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Micah 4:13 Smith
- Nahum 1:15 Nave UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
- Malachi 1:14 Torrey Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God
- Mark 7:11–13 Nave A minor, of himself
- Acts 5:1–11 Nave INSTANCES OF — Of Ananias and Sapphira, in the dedication of the proceeds of the sale of their land
- Acts 21:26 Torrey RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE — Of certain Jews with Paul
- Acts 23:12–15 Nave INSTANCES OF — Of the Jews, to kill Paul
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 10 references
Voluntary promises which, when once made, were to be kept if the thing vowed was right. They were made under a great variety of circumstances (Gen. 28: 18-22; Lev. 7:16; Num. 30:2-13; Deut. 23:18; Judg. 11:30, 39; 1 Sam. 1:11; Jonah 1:16; Acts 18:18; 21:23).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 15 references
- As to vows of devotion, the following rules are laid down: A man might devote to sacred uses possessions or persons, but not the first-born of either man or beast, which was devoted already. (Leviticus 27:28) (a) If he vowed land, he might either redeem it or not Levi 25,27. (b) Animals fit for sacrifice if devoted, were not to be redeemed or changed, (Leviticus 27:9; 10:33) persons devoted stood thus: devote either himself, his child (not the first-born) or his slave. If no redemption took place, the devoted person became a slave of the sanctuary: see the case of Absalom. (2 Samuel 15:8) Otherwise he might be redeemed at a valuation according to age and sex, on the scale given in (Leviticus 27:1-7) Among general regulations affecting vows the following may be mentioned: (1) Vows were entirely voluntary but once made were regarded as compulsory. (Numbers 30:2; 23:21; Ecclesiastes 5:4) (2) If persons In a dependent condition made vows as (a) an unmarried daughter living in her father’s house, or (b) a wife, even if she afterward became a widow the vow, if (a) in the first case her father, or (b) in the second her husband, heard and disallowed it, was void; but,if they heard without disallowance, it was to remain good. (Numbers 30:3-18) (3) Votive offerings arising from the produce of any impure traffic were wholly forbidden. (23:18)
- For vows of abstinence, see CORBAN.
- For vows of extermination ANATHEMA and (Ezra 10:8; Micah 4:13) It seems that the practice of shaving the head at the expiration of a votive period was not limited to the Nazaritic vow. (Acts 18:18; 21:24)
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 58 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → 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
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 49 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Solemn promises made to God Ps 76:11
- WERE MADE IN REFERENCE TO
- To be voluntary De 23:21,22
- To be performed faithfully Nu 30:2
- To be performed without delay De 23:21,23
- Danger of inconsiderately making Pr 20:25
- Of children void without the consent of parents Nu 30:3-5
- Of married women void without consent of husbands Nu 30:6-8,10-13
- Of widows and women divorced from their husbands binding Nu 30:9
- Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making Nu 30:14,15
- Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation Le 27:1-8,11-23
- Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed Le 27:9,10
- RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE
- All things dedicated by, to be brought to the tabernacle De 12:6,11,17,18,26
- Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God Le 22:23; Mal 1:14
- The hire of a prostitute or price of a dog could not be the subject of De 23:18
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); Nave's Topical Bible (1896); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.