'Vow to the Lord' in the Bible
“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When someone makes a special vow to the Lord that involves the assessment of people,
Then Israel made a vow to the Lord, “If You will deliver this people into our hands, we will completely destroy their cities.”
When a man makes a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to put himself under an obligation, he must not break his word; he must do whatever he has promised.
“When a woman in her father’s house during her youth makes a vow to the Lord or puts herself under an obligation,
then Yahweh your God will choose the place to have His name dwell. Bring there everything I command you: your burnt offerings, sacrifices, offerings of the tenth, personal contributions, and all your choice offerings you vow to the Lord.
“If you make a vow to the Lord your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will require it of you, and it will be counted against you as sin.
Jephthah made this vow to the Lord: “If You will hand over the Ammonites to me,