VOWS
Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Solemn promises made to God
WERE MADE IN REFERENCE TO
To be voluntary
To be performed faithfully
To be performed without delay
Danger of inconsiderately making
Of children void without the consent of parents
Of married women void without consent of husbands
Of widows and women divorced from their husbands binding
Of wives, could only be objected to at the time of making
Might be redeemed by paying a suitable compensation
Clean beasts the subjects of, not to be redeemed
RECORDED IN SCRIPTURE
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All things dedicated by, to be brought to the tabernacle
Of things corrupt or blemished an insult to God
The hire of a prostitute or price of a dog could not be the
Mosaic laws concerning
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
The redemption price of the offering of real estate, to be valued by the priest
Of a field
Edible things offered in, to be eaten the same day they were offered
Things offered in, to be brought to the tabernacle or temple
Belonged to the priests
By Jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrafice, if his campaign against the Ammonites were successful
The Israelites, to destroy the Benjamites
Things forbidden to be offered in: Receipts of the whore and the price of a “dog” (male prostitute of a pagan shrine)
A minor, of himself
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Of Jacob, see above
Of the mother of Micah, in the dedication of silver for the making of an idol
Of Hannah, to consecrate to the Lord the child for which she prayed
Of Elkanah
Of Absalom
Of Job, not to entertain thoughts of fornication
Of David
Of Ananias and Sapphira, in the dedication of the proceeds of the sale of their land
Of the Jews, to kill Paul