Now the men of Israel had sworn an oath at Mizpah, saying, “Not one of us will give his daughter in marriage to a Benjamite.”
Then all the Israelites from Dan to Beersheba and from the land of Gilead came out, and the congregation assembled as on
When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had ki
And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
Then all the people stood as one man and said, “Not one of us will return to his tent or to his house.
But we cannot give them our daughters as wives.” For the Israelites had sworn, “Cursed is he who gives a wife to a Benja
Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are
and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will b
For I testify about them that they are zealous for God, but not on the basis of knowledge.
Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the ma
Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,
Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats
We will take ten men out of every hundred from all the tribes of Israel, and a hundred out of every thousand, and a thou
What should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marri
The Israelites asked, “Who among all the tribes of Israel did not come to the assembly before the LORD?” For they had ta
and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruct
Be careful not to make a treaty with the inhabitants of the land you are entering, lest they become a snare in your mids