Numbers 21:2

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Summary

And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities.

Vowed

I will

General references

Deuteronomy 20:16

Bible References

Vowed

Then Jacob took an oath, and said, If God will be with me, and keep me safe on my journey, and give me food and clothing to put on,

And Jephthah took an oath to the Lord, and said, If you will give the children of Ammon into my hands,

And she made an oath, and said, O Lord of armies, if you will truly take note of the sorrow of your servant, not turning away from me but keeping me in mind, and will give me a man-child, then I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and his hair will never be cut.

Now at the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, Let me go to Hebron and give effect to the oath which I made to the Lord:

I keep the memory of my debt to you, O God; I will give you the offerings of praise.

I will make the offerings of my oath, even before all his people;

I will

But nothing which a man has given completely to the Lord, out of all his property, of man or beast, or of the land which is his heritage, may be given away or got back in exchange for money; anything completely given is most holy to the Lord.

Then take up arms against the people of that town and give it up to the curse, with all its cattle and everything in it.

And the town will be put to the curse, and everything in it will be given to the Lord: only Rahab, the loose woman, and all who are in the house with her, will be kept safe, because she kept secret the men we sent.

If any man has not love for the Lord, let him be cursed. Maran atha (our Lord comes).

General references

But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death: