Deuteronomy 23:22
in Deuteronomy 23But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
KJV
But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 23
Commentary
4 notes on this verse(1.) We are here left at our liberty whether we will make vows or no: If thou shalt forbear to vow (some particular sacrifice and offering, more than was commanded by the law), it shall be no sin to thee.
This site's exposition
Do not charge your brother interest on money
on Deuteronomy 23:19-23
Interest may be charged a foreigner and not a brother. Exodus 22:25 and Leviticus 25:35-37 draw the same line.
This site's exposition
if you refrain from making a vow
Henry reads the vow here as a promise of an offering beyond what the law required. A man was free to refrain from making it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
But if thou shalt forbear to vow,....
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכִ֥י | vekhi | and if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תֶחְדַּ֖ל | techdal | you will refrain | H2308 → | |
| לִנְדֹּ֑ר | lindor | to make a vow | H5087 → | 31 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִהְיֶ֥ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בְךָ֖ | vekha | on <the> you | ||
| חֵֽטְא׃ | chet' | sin | H2399 → | 33 times |
וְכִ֥יand if
vekhiH3588 →4482 times
תֶחְדַּ֖לyou will refrain
techdalH2308 →
לִנְדֹּ֑רto make a vow
lindorH5087 →31 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִהְיֶ֥הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
בְךָ֖on <the> you
vekha
חֵֽטְא׃sin
chet'H2399 →33 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Calvin, Commentaries on the Four Last Books of Moses; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.