Vow

Leviticus 7:13-16 – With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving he shall bring his offering with loaves of leavened bread. And from it he shall offer one loaf from each offering, as a gift to the Lord. It shall belong to the priest who throws the blood of the peace offerings. And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning. But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow offering or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what remains of it shall be eaten.

Amos 4:4-5 – “Come to Bethel, and transgress; to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days; offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim freewill offerings,  publish them; for so you love to do, O people of Israel!” declares the Lord God.

Leviticus 21:17 – “Speak to Aaron, saying, None of your offspring throughout their generations who has a blemish may approach to offer the bread of his God.

Psalm 7:17 – I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.

Application:

• ·         The Israelites loved the forms and rituals of religion but did not love what God loves—goodness, mercy, kindness, justice.
• ·         Like the sacrifices that had to be without defect, the priests were to typify Christ’s perfection.
• ·         A vow was a solemn promise to offer a gift to God in response to a divine deliverance or blessing. Such vows often accompanied prayers for deliverance or blessing.
• ·         Many prayers in the Psalms include such vow to praise in anticipation of the expected answer to prayer.

All Scripture verses taken from ESV