Deuteronomy 23:21 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Deuteronomy 23:21-23

Deuteronomy 23:21 ; Deuteronomy 23:23. Not slack Not delay; because delays might make them both unable to pay it, and unwilling too. A free-will-offering Which, though thou didst freely make, yet, being made, thou art no longer free, but obliged to perform it. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:1-25

A holy nation (23:1-25)Various laws prohibited foreigners, eunuchs and people born through immorality from joining fully in Israel’s public worship. This discouraged Israelites from copying heathen practices or marrying heathen people. At the same time it impressed upon them the holiness God required (23:1-8). Holiness also demanded high standards of cleanliness in the camp, particularly in matters concerning discharges from sexual organs and treatment of human excrement (9-14).Other features... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Deuteronomy 23:21

vow a vow. Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ) make a solemn vow. Compare Numbers 30:2 . sin. See App-44 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:21

"When thou shalt vow a vow unto Jehovah thy God, thou shalt not be slack to pay it: for Jehovah thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. But if thou shalt forbear to vow it shall be no sin in thee. That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt observe and do; according as thou hast vowed unto Jehovah thy God, a freewill-offering, which thou hast promised with thy mouth."When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat of grapes thy fill at thine... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 23:21

21, 22. When thou shalt vow a vow—(See on :-). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Deuteronomy 23:21-23

Making vows 23:21-23Vows to God were voluntary, but the Lord wanted His people to keep them after they made them (Deuteronomy 23:21-23). Failure to do so amounted to stealing from God.God’s people should follow through with their commitments (cf. 2 Corinthians 8:9-10). read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1-25

Laws regarding admittance to the Congregation, cleanliness in the Camp, Unchastity, Usury, and Vows1. Shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord] i.e. not merely as priests (see Leviticus 21:16-24) but as ordinary members of the nation of Israel, all of whom are ’holy unto the Lord.’ The reference in this v. is probably to the self-mutilation practised by the devotees of certain heathen gods, and alluded to by St. Paul in Galatians 5:12: cp. Deuteronomy 14:1. 2. A bastard is understood... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Deuteronomy 23:21

(21) When thou shalt vow . . . thou shalt not be slack . . .—The three yearly feasts are mentioned by Rashi and the Rabbis as occasions for the payment of vows. (See 1 Samuel 1:21.) This precept is cited in Ecclesiastes 5:4, but with sufficient verbal variation to prevent its being called a quotation. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 23:1-25

LAWS OF KINDNESSWITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspiration and of feeling. Kindness, by its very nature, eludes the rude compulsion of law, properly so called. It ceases to be kindness when it loses spontaneity and freedom. Precept, therefore, not law, is the utmost that any lawgiver can give in respect to it; and this is precisely what we have in Deuteronomy, so far as it endeavors to incite men to... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Deuteronomy 23:1-25

19. The Congregation of Jehovah and Its Constitution and Holiness CHAPTER 23 1. The constitution of the congregation of Jehovah (Deuteronomy 23:1-8 ) 2. The cleanness of the camp in time of war (Deuteronomy 23:9-14 ) 3. Concerning the escaped slave and the harlot (Deuteronomy 23:15-18 ) 4. Usury forbidden (Deuteronomy 23:19-20 ) 5. Concerning vows (Deuteronomy 23:21-23 ) 6. The neighbor’s vineyard and field (Deuteronomy 23:24-25 ) The congregation of Israel is called in this... read more