³¹ then whatever^[a] comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites ^(A)shall be the Lord's, and ^(B)I will offer it^[b] up for a burnt offering.”

^18 (A)Samuel was ministering before the Lord, a boy ^(B)clothed with a linen ephod.

²⁸ Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.”

^(A)And he worshiped the Lord there.

¹¹ And she ^(A)vowed a vow and said, “O Lord of hosts, if you will indeed ^(B)look on the affliction of your servant and ^(C)remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a son, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, ^(D)and no razor shall touch his head.”

¹⁸ You shall not bring the fee of a prostitute or the wages of a dog^[a] into the house of the Lord your God in payment for any vow, for both of these are an abomination to the Lord your God.

²⁸ “But ^(A)no devoted thing that a man devotes to the Lord, of anything that he has, whether man or beast, or of his inherited field, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. ^29 (B)No one devoted, who is to be devoted for destruction^[a] from mankind, shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death.

¹¹ And if it is any unclean animal that may not be offered as an offering to the Lord, then he shall stand the animal before the priest, ¹² and the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall be.