Ulangan 23:21

23:21 When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he ¹  will surely ²  hold you accountable as a sinner. ³ 

Yosua 9:18

9:18 The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. ⁴  The whole community criticized ⁵  the leaders,

Matius 5:33

Oaths

5:33 “Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation, ⁶  ‘Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’ ⁷ 

[23:21]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

[23:21]  ² tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which is reflected in the translation by “surely.”

[23:21]  ³ tn Heb “and it will be a sin to you”; NIV, NCV, NLT “be guilty of sin.”

[9:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “by the Lord God of Israel.”

[9:18]  ⁵ tn Or “grumbled against.”

[5:33]  ⁶ tn Grk “the ancient ones.”

[5:33]  ⁷ sn A quotation from Lev 19:12.