OLD TESTAMENT

Deuteronomy 23:21

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When you vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not be slack to pay it, for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you.

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Verse 21. Delay, beyond the time appointed. Menochius.—If no time was specified, the vow must be fulfilled without any unnecessary procrastination. See Numbers 30:2. Bible.—Vows induce an obligation which before did not exist. Worthington.

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