Kejadian 24:3

24:3 so that I may make you solemnly promise ¹  by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire ²  a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living.

Kejadian 24:8-9

24:8 But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, ³  you will be free ⁴  from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!” 24:9 So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes. ⁵ 

Yosua 2:17-20

2:17 The men said to her, “We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met: ⁶  2:18 When we invade the land ⁷ , tie this red rope ⁸  in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father’s house. ⁹  2:19 Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death – we are innocent in that case! ¹⁰  But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible. ¹¹  2:20 If you should report what we’ve been up to, ¹²  we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”

Yosua 2:1

Joshua Sends Spies into the Land

2:1 Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: ¹³  “Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho.” ¹⁴  They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. ¹⁵ 

1 Samuel 14:26

14:26 When the army entered the forest, they saw ¹⁶  the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, ¹⁷  for the army was afraid of the oath.

Yehezkiel 17:18-19

17:18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note ¹⁸  – he gave his promise ¹⁹  and did all these things – he will not escape!

17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him ²⁰  for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!

Zakharia 5:3-4

5:3 The speaker went on to say, “This is a curse ²¹  traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals ²²  will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate.” 5:4 “I will send it out,” says the Lord who rules over all, “and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones.”

Maleakhi 3:5

3:5 “I ²³  will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, ²⁴  and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, ²⁵  who refuse to help ²⁶  the immigrant ²⁷  and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.

Maleakhi 3:18

3:18 Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between ²⁸  the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.

[24:3]  ¹ tn Following the imperative, the cohortative with the prefixed conjunction indicates purpose.

[24:3]  ² tn Heb “because you must not take.”

[24:8]  ³ tn Heb “ to go after you.”

[24:8]  ⁴ sn You will be free. If the prospective bride was not willing to accompany the servant back to Canaan, the servant would be released from his oath to Abraham.

[24:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he swore to him concerning this matter.”

[2:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “We are free from this oath of yours which you made us swear.” The words “unless the following conditions are met” are not in the Hebrew text, but are added for clarification.

[2:18]  ⁷ tn Heb “Look! We are about to enter the land.”

[2:18]  ⁸ tn Heb “the cord of this red thread.”

[2:18]  ⁹ tn Heb “and your father and your mother and your brothers and all the house of your father gather to yourself to the house.”

[2:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Anyone who goes out from the doors of your house to the outside, his blood is on his head. We are innocent.”

[2:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “But anyone who is with you in the house, his blood is on our head if a hand should be on him.”

[2:20]  ¹² tn Heb “and if you report this matter of ours.”

[2:1]  ¹³ tn Heb “Joshua, son of Nun, sent from Shittim two men, spies, secretly, saying.”

[2:1]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “go, see the land, and Jericho.”

[2:1]  map For location see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.

[2:1]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “they went and entered the house of a woman, a prostitute, and her name was Rahab, and they slept there.”

[14:26]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and the army entered the forest, and look!”

[14:26]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and there was no one putting his hand to his mouth.”

[17:18]  ¹⁸ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something.

[17:18]  ¹⁹ sn Heb “hand.” “Giving one’s hand” is a gesture of promise (2 Kgs 10:15).

[17:19]  ²⁰ tn Heb “place it on his head.”

[5:3]  ²¹ tn The Hebrew word translated “curse” (אָלָה, ’alah) alludes to the covenant sanctions that attend the violation of God’s covenant with Israel (cf. Deut 29:12, 14, 20-21).

[5:3]  ²² sn Stealing and swearing falsely (mentioned later in this verse) are sins against mankind and God respectively and are thus violations of the two major parts of the Ten Commandments. These two stipulations (commandments 8 and 3) represent the whole law.

[3:5]  ²³ tn The first person pronoun (a reference to the Lord) indicates that the Lord himself now speaks (see also v. 1). The prophet speaks in vv. 2-4 (see also 2:17).

[3:5]  ²⁴ tn Heb “those who swear [oaths] falsely.” Cf. NIV “perjurers”; TEV “those who give false testimony”; NLT “liars.”

[3:5]  ²⁵ tn Heb “and against the oppressors of the worker for a wage, [the] widow and orphan.”

[3:5]  ²⁶ tn Heb “those who turn aside.”

[3:5]  ²⁷ tn Or “resident foreigner”; NIV “aliens”; NRSV “the alien.”

[3:18]  ²⁸ tn Heb “you will see between.” Cf. NRSV, TEV, NLT “see the difference.”