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Jephthah's Rash Vow, James Gundee and M. Jones

Numbers 30:2

James Gundee and M. Jones, Jephthah's Rash Vow, c. 1815 · Public domainJames Gundee and M. Jones, Jephthah's Rash Vow, c. 1815

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Numbers 30:2 (WEB)

When a man vows a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word. He shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

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John Chrysostom

Augustine of Hippo

  • “But no one learns, unless he has had experience, how difficult it is both to get rid of a habit of swearing, and never to do rashly what necessity sometimes compels him to do.” — editor's note: Augustin is somewhat perplexed about the meaning, but decides the injunction to be directed against the abuse of the oath, not to forbid it wholly. The oath…

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