NUMBERS—NOTE ON Numbers 30:1 In a crisis people often make a vow: “If God delivers me from X, I promise to do Y.” There are many examples in the Bible (e.g., Genesis 28:20; 1 Samuel 1:11). There is a danger that when the crisis is over, the vow may not be fulfilled (see Deuteronomy 23:21; Ecclesiastes 5:4). These laws concern those few circumstances in which a person may be excused from fulfilling a vow.

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