how he swore to Yahweh, and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob

How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob

They would like banks to be chaste, but not yet.

Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void.

But the vow of a widow, or of her who is divorced, everything with which she has bound her soul, shall stand against her.

But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her.

Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them 'When either man or woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to Yahweh,

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD

He shall separate to Yahweh the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, 'If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.'

For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the wages of a dog, into the house of Yahweh your God for any vow for even both these are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.

It happened at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed and she was a virgin. It was a custom in Israel,

And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

'All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall come on his head, until the days are fulfilled, in which he separates himself to Yahweh. He shall be holy. He shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long.

'This is the law of the Nazirite who vows, and of his offering to Yahweh for his separation, besides that which he is able to get. According to his vow which he vows, so he must do after the law of his separation.'

When a man vows a vow to Yahweh, or swears an oath to bind his soul with a bond, he shall not break his word he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth.

All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no rasor come upon his head until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.

This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation.

If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.

In cultures where girls and women are married off and chastity is central to womanhood, all is lost for a woman who loses her honor.

As a Muslim, I know the Qur an preaches chastity for men and women, but the conservative obsession with women means only females are expected to abide by the prohibition on extramarital sex.

O sister of Aaron , your father was not a wicked person , nor your mother sinful !

O sister of Haroon , neither was your father an evil man nor was your mother of poor conduct !

Sister of Aaron , thy father was not a wicked man , nor was thy mother a woman unchaste . '

O sister of Harun thy father was not a man of evil , nor was thy mother a harlot .

O sister ( i.e. the like ) of Harun ( Aaron ) not the brother of Musa ( Moses ) , but he was another pious man at the time of Maryam ( Mary ) ! Your father was not a man who used to commit adultery , nor your mother was an unchaste woman .

O sister of Aaron , your father was not an evil man , and your mother was not a whore .

O sister of Aaron ! Your father was not an evil man , nor was your mother an unchaste woman .

O sister of Aaron ! Thy father was not a wicked man nor was thy mother a harlot .

O sister of Aaron s lineage ! Your father was not an evil man , nor was your mother unchaste .

O sister of Aaron , your father was never an evil man , nor was your mother unchaste '

O sister of Aaron , your father was not a man of evil , nor was your mother unchaste .

Aaron 's sister , your father was not a bad man nor was your mother unchaste .

O sister of Haroun ! your father was not a bad man , nor , was your mother an unchaste woman .

Sister of Aaron , your father was not an evil man , nor was your mother an unchaste woman !

O sister of Aaron ! Thy father was not a man of evil , nor thy mother a woman unchaste !

Mr. Hariri's family still could not believe that a man who had devoted his life to the service of his country could be simply eliminated while the truth about his murder hung on an investigation whose credibility was very much in doubt.

A delegation said that there should be greater focus on abstinence, while others said that sexual and reproductive health should be more explicitly included in the MTSP.

Navy secretary Josephus Daniels led the efforts to enforce abstinence. ref The military, under pressure from purity advocates, did not distribute condoms, or even endorse their use, making the U.S. the only military force in World War I that did not supply condoms to its troops.

In 2004, Amnesty International reported four executions, one in China and three in the Islamic Republic of Iran, including a 16 year old female who was hanged in public in the Islamic Republic of Iran for acts incompatible with chastity .

Of course, we know that a different approach will be needed in the longer run. In effect, the authorities are following the approach first outlined by St. Augustine.

Whatsoever you give away in alms or vow as offering , is all known to God but the wicked will have none to help them .