When I came to the spring today, I prayed, 'O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, may events unfold as follows:

if a man makes a vow for Yahweh or swears an oath with a binding pledge on himself, he must not render his word invalid; he must do all that went out from his mouth.

On this side the Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to unfold this law, saying,

The man’s name was Elimelech and his wife’s name was Naomi and his two sons were named Mahlon and Chilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem in Judah. They went to the country of Moab and stayed there.

I will incline my ear and consent to a proverb;
On the lyre I will unfold my riddle.

Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.

I, however, have heard concerning thee, that thou art able, interpretations, to unfold, and, knotty points, to unravel, - Now, if thou be able, the writing, to read, and, the interpretation thereof, to make known unto me, with purple, shalt thou be clothed, and, a chain of gold, shalt thou have upon thy neck, and, as the third in the kingdom, shalt thou have dominion.

where a woman was present who for eighteen years had been a confirmed invalid: she was bent double, and was unable to lift herself to her full height.

But it is easier [for] heaven and earth to pass away than [for] one stroke of a letter of the law to become invalid.

In these lay a great multitude of invalid folk, of blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water.

And there was one man there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

The invalid answered, “Sir, I have no one to put me in the pool when the water is stirred up, and while I am coming [to get into it myself], someone else steps down ahead of me.”

Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away [unnoticed] since there was a crowd in that place.

Do we then render law invalid through faith? Certainly not; on the contrary we make it stand.

I do not declare invalid the grace of God, for if righteousness [is] through the law, then Christ died to no purpose.

Brothers, I am speaking according to a human perspective. Nevertheless, [when] the covenant of a man has been ratified, no one declares [it] invalid or adds additional provisions [to it].

Beyond all these things put on and wrap yourselves in [unselfish] love, which is the perfect bond of unity [for everything is bound together in agreement when each one seeks the best for others].

that I may make it clear [and speak boldly and unfold the mystery] in the way I should.