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21 When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you must not be slow to pay it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and it would be a sin to you. 22 But if you refrain from making a vow, it will not be a sin to you. 23 That which goes out of your lips you must keep and do, even a freewill offering, just as you have vowed to the Lord your God, what you have promised with your mouth.

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21 When you make a vow[a] to Yahweh your God, you shall not postpone fulfillment of it,[b] for certainly Yahweh your God shall require it from you and if postponed you will incur guilt.[c] 22 And if you refrain from vowing,[d] you shall not incur guilt.[e] 23 The utterance of your lips you must perform diligently[f] just as you have vowed freely to Yahweh your God whatever it was that you promised[g] with your mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 23:21 Literally “When/if you vow a vow”
  2. Deuteronomy 23:21 Literally “to fulfill it”
  3. Deuteronomy 23:21 Literally “it shall become against you as sin”
  4. Deuteronomy 23:22 Literally “if you refrain to make a vow”
  5. Deuteronomy 23:22 Literally “it shall not become against you as sin”
  6. Deuteronomy 23:23 Literally “you must observe and you shall do”
  7. Deuteronomy 23:23 Or “spoke”