“ Or suppose you make a foolish vow of any kind, whether its purpose is for good or for bad. When you realize its foolishness, you must admit your guilt.

或是有人嘴里冒失发誓，要行恶，要行善，无论人在什么事上冒失发誓，他却不知道，一知道了就要在这其中的一件上有了罪。

若有人随口发誓，或出于恶意，或出于善意，这人无论在什么事上随意发誓，虽不察觉，但一知道，就在这其中的一件事上有罪了。

若有人随口发誓，或出于恶意，或出于善意，这人无论在什么事上随意发誓，虽不察觉，但一知道，就在这其中的一件事上有罪了。

如果有人草率起誓，不论出于善意还是恶意，即使当初没有察觉，后来才意识到，也是有罪的。

或有人嘴唇轻率发誓，无论是出于恶意或是出于好意，他没有留意起了什么誓；他一知道，就有罪了。

或是有人嘴裏冒失發誓，要行惡，要行善，無論人在甚麼事上冒失發誓，他卻不知道，一知道了就要在這其中的一件上有了罪。

若有人隨口發誓，或出於惡意，或出於善意，這人無論在甚麼事上隨意發誓，雖不察覺，但一知道，就在這其中的一件事上有罪了。

若有人隨口發誓，或出於惡意，或出於善意，這人無論在甚麼事上隨意發誓，雖不察覺，但一知道，就在這其中的一件事上有罪了。

如果有人草率起誓，不論出於善意還是惡意，即使當初沒有察覺，後來才意識到，也是有罪的。

或有人嘴唇輕率發誓，無論是出於惡意或是出於好意，他沒有留意起了甚麼誓；他一知道，就有罪了。

或是有人嘴裏冒失起誓、要作惡或行善，無論那人所冒失起誓的是甚麼，他都茫然不知；一知道了，他就在這些事的一件上有了罪責。

如人造次發誓、行善行惡、而不自知、無論所誓何若、迨及知之、則為有罪、

如人不知、而造次發誓、或善或惡、則無論其所誓何若、迨及知之、必以為過、

或有人造次啟口發誓許願、或善或惡、無論何誓、先不知、後乃知、致獲愆尤、

or if anyone thoughtlessly takes an oath to do anything, whether good or evil( in any matter one might carelessly swear about) even though they are unaware of it, but then they learn of it and realize their guilt—

Or suppose someone makes a promise to do something without thinking it through. It does not matter what they promised. It does not matter whether they made the promise without thinking about it carefully. And suppose they are not aware that they did not think it through. When they find out about it, they will be guilty.

or if anyone utters with his lips a rash oath to do evil or to do good, any sort of rash oath that people swear, and it is hidden from him, when he comes to know it, and he realizes his guilt in any of these;

Or if someone swears rashly to do what is good or evil— concerning anything a person may speak rashly in an oath— without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he incurs guilt in such an instance.

Or if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter people speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty of one of these things.

‘ Or if a person swears, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, whatever it is that a man may pronounce by an oath, and he is unaware of it— when he realizes it, then he shall be guilty in any of these matters.

Or if any one swear rashly with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall utter rashly with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these things.

Or if someone swears rashly to do what is good or evil— concerning anything a person may speak rashly in an oath— without being aware of it, but later recognizes it, he incurs guilt in such an instance.

Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with[ his] lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever[ it be] that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth[ of it], then he shall be guilty in one of these.

or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths–

“‘ Or if anyone swears rashly with his lips to do evil or to do good— whatever it is that a man might utter rashly with an oath, and it is hidden from him— when he knows of it, then he will be guilty of one of these.

I will give to the Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

He even vowed,“ I will give you whatever you ask, up to half my kingdom!”

May God strike me and kill me if even one man of his household is still alive tomorrow morning!”

The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.

But if her husband refuses to accept her vow or impulsive pledge on the day he hears of it, he nullifies her commitments, and the Lord will forgive her.

Now the men of Israel were pressed to exhaustion that day, because Saul had placed them under an oath, saying,“ Let a curse fall on anyone who eats before evening— before I have full revenge on my enemies.” So no one ate anything all day,even though they had all found honeycomb on the ground in the forest.They didn’t dare touch the honey because they all feared the oath they had taken.But Jonathan had not heard his father’s command, and he dipped the end of his stick into a piece of honeycomb and ate the honey. After he had eaten it, he felt refreshed.But one of the men saw him and said,“ Your father made the army take a strict oath that anyone who eats food today will be cursed. That is why everyone is weary and faint.”

How can we find wives for the few who remain, since we have sworn by the Lord not to give them our daughters in marriage?”

“ May God strike me and even kill me if I don’t separate Elisha’s head from his shoulders this very day,” the king vowed.

For the king of Israel disregarded his treaty and broke it after swearing to obey; therefore, he will not escape.“ So this is what the Sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will punish him for breaking my covenant and disregarding the solemn oath he made in my name.

Then the king regretted what he had said; but because of the vow he had made in front of his guests, he issued the necessary orders.

“ Now suppose a young woman makes a vow or binds herself with an impulsive pledge and later marries.

Then Joshua made a peace treaty with them and guaranteed their safety, and the leaders of the community ratified their agreement with a binding oath.

“ We offer our own lives as a guarantee for your safety,” the men agreed.“ If you don’t betray us, we will keep our promise and be kind to you when the Lord gives us the land.”

Now swear to me by the Lord that when that happens you will not kill my family and destroy my line of descendants!”So David promised this to Saul with an oath. Then Saul went home, but David and his men went back to their stronghold.

He made a solemn promise to the Lord. He vowed to the Mighty One of Israel,“ I will not go home; I will not let myself rest.I will not let my eyes sleep nor close my eyelids in slumberuntil I find a place to build a house for the Lord, a sanctuary for the Mighty One of Israel.”

The king spared Jonathan’s son Mephibosheth, who was Saul’s grandson, because of the oath David and Jonathan had sworn before the Lord.

“ Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate someone to the Lord by paying the value of that person,here is the scale of values to be used. A man between the ages of twenty and sixty is valued at fifty shekels of silver, as measured by the sanctuary shekel.A woman of that age is valued at thirty shekels of silver.A boy between the ages of five and twenty is valued at twenty shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at ten shekels of silver.A boy between the ages of one month and five years is valued at five shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at three shekels of silver.A man older than sixty is valued at fifteen shekels of silver; a woman of that age is valued at ten shekels of silver.If you desire to make such a vow but cannot afford to pay the required amount, take the person to the priest. He will determine the amount for you to pay based on what you can afford.“ If your vow involves giving an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, any gift to the Lord will be considered holy.You may not exchange or substitute it for another animal— neither a good animal for a bad one nor a bad animal for a good one. But if you do exchange one animal for another, then both the original animal and its substitute will be considered holy.If your vow involves an unclean animal— one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord— then you must bring the animal to the priest.He will assess its value, and his assessment will be final, whether high or low.If you want to buy back the animal, you must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent.“ If someone dedicates a house to the Lord, the priest will come to assess its value. The priest’s assessment will be final, whether high or low.If the person who dedicated the house wants to buy it back, he must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the house will again be his.“ If someone dedicates to the Lord a piece of his family property, its value will be assessed according to the amount of seed required to plant it— fifty shekels of silver for a field planted with five bushels of barley seed.If the field is dedicated to the Lord in the Year of Jubilee, then the entire assessment will apply.But if the field is dedicated after the Year of Jubilee, the priest will assess the land’s value in proportion to the number of years left until the next Year of Jubilee. Its assessed value is reduced each year.If the person who dedicated the field wants to buy it back, he must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the field will again be legally his.But if he does not want to buy it back, and it is sold to someone else, the field can no longer be bought back.When the field is released in the Year of Jubilee, it will be holy, a field specially set apart for the Lord. It will become the property of the priests.“ If someone dedicates to the Lord a field he has purchased but which is not part of his family property,the priest will assess its value based on the number of years left until the next Year of Jubilee. On that day he must give the assessed value of the land as a sacred donation to the Lord.In the Year of Jubilee the field must be returned to the person from whom he purchased it, the one who inherited it as family property.( All the payments must be measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.)“ You may not dedicate a firstborn animal to the Lord, for the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats already belong to him.However, you may buy back the firstborn of a ceremonially unclean animal by paying the priest’s assessment of its worth, plus 20 percent. If you do not buy it back, the priest will sell it at its assessed value.“ However, anything specially set apart for the Lord— whether a person, an animal, or family property— must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the Lord.No person specially set apart for destruction may be bought back. Such a person must be put to death.“ One tenth of the produce of the land, whether grain from the fields or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord and must be set apart to him as holy.If you want to buy back the Lord’s tenth of the grain or fruit, you must pay its value, plus 20 percent.Count off every tenth animal from your herds and flocks and set them apart for the Lord as holy.You may not pick and choose between good and bad animals, and you may not substitute one for another. But if you do exchange one animal for another, then both the original animal and its substitute will be considered holy and cannot be bought back.”These are the commands that the Lord gave through Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites.

But we cannot give them our own daughters in marriage because we have sworn with a solemn oath that anyone who does this will fall under God’s curse.”

“ If you have acted honorably and in good faith toward Gideon and his descendants today, then may you find joy in Abimelech, and may he find joy in you.

And she made this vow:“ O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the Lord, his hair will never be cut.”

so he promised with a vow to give her anything she wanted.

Don’t make rash promises, and don’t be hasty in bringing matters before God. After all, God is in heaven, and you are here on earth. So let your words be few.Too much activity gives you restless dreams; too many words make you a fool.When you make a promise to God, don’t delay in following through, for God takes no pleasure in fools. Keep all the promises you make to him.It is better to say nothing than to make a promise and not keep it.Don’t let your mouth make you sin. And don’t defend yourself by telling the Temple messenger that the promise you made was a mistake. That would make God angry, and he might wipe out everything you have achieved.