<p class="poetry">When you make a vow<n id="1" /> to God, do not delay in paying it.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">For God<n id="3" /> takes no pleasure in fools:p> <p class="poetry">Pay what you vow!p>

<p class="poetry">It is better for you not to vowp> <p class="poetry">than to vow and not pay it.<n id="1" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;If a young<n id="1" /> woman who is still living<n id="2" /> in her father&#8217;s house makes a vow to the <sc>Lordsc> or places herself under an obligation,

You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings.

When you make a vow to the <sc>Lordsc> your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he<n id="1" /> will surely<n id="2" /> hold you accountable as a sinner.<n id="3" />