23:20 You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess.
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
1 tnHeb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.
2 tn The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which is reflected in the translation by “surely.”
3 tnHeb “and it will be a sin to you”; NIV, NCV, NLT “be guilty of sin.”