Positive Commandment #214 of 613
Fulfill what you uttered and do what you vowed
Commandment #214 — a positive obligation from Deuteronomy 23:23, classified under Oaths in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"You shall be careful to perform what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God, what you have promised.”
— Deuteronomy 23:23
Hebrew
כד מוֹצָא שְׂפָתֶיךָ, תִּשְׁמֹר וְעָשִׂיתָ: כַּאֲשֶׁר נָדַרְתָּ לַיהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ, נְדָבָה, אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּרְתָּ, בְּפִיךָ. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
(23:24) τὰ ἐκπορευόμενα διὰ τῶν χειλέων σου φυλάξῃ καὶ ποιήσεις ὃν τρόπον εὔξω κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ σου δόμα, ὃ ἐλάλησας τῷ στόματί σου.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Oaths
- Book
- deuteronomy
- Chapter
- 23
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Ki Tetze
- Mishneh Torah
- PromisesVows
Related Commandments in “Oaths”
#209: Do not swear falsely in G-d's Name
Leviticus 19:12
#210: Do not take G-d's Name in vain
Exodus 20:7
#211: Do not deny possession of something entrusted to you
Leviticus 19:11
#212: Do not falsely swear in denial of a claim to property
Leviticus 19:11
#215: Do not break oaths or vows
Numbers 30:2
#216: For oaths and vows annulled, there are the laws of annulling vows explicit in the Law
Numbers 30:3
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