Deuteronomy 23:22

But if thou shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.

In Context

21When thou shall vow a vow to LORD thy God, thou shall not be slack to pay it. For LORD thy God will surely require it of thee, and it would be sin in thee.

23That which has gone out of thy lips thou shall observe and do, according as thou have vowed to LORD thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou have promised with thy mouth.

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Cross References

Joshua 9:18And the sons of Israel did not smite them, because the rulers of the congregation had sworn to them by LORD, the God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the rulers.

Psalms 66:13I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings. I will pay thee my vows,

Ecclesiastes 5:5Better is it that thou should not vow, than that thou should vow and not pay.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 23:16-25

Protection of Fugitives; The Law Concerning Usury. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: 16 He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. 17 There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the Lord thy God for… Read the whole commentary →

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