“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Sacrifices of peace offerings are with me. Today I have paid my vows.
- KJV I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
- NKJV “I have peace offerings with me; Today I have paid my vows.
- NASB “I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows.
- NLT “I’ve just made my peace offerings and fulfilled my vows.
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Quick answer
She claims to have fulfilled her religious vows, cloaking her seduction in piety. Sin can wear a religious disguise.
Overview
She mentions peace offerings and paid vows, perhaps implying fresh meat for a feast and a veneer of devotion. Her use of religious language to advance immorality exposes the hypocrisy that often accompanies sin. The verse warns that outward piety can mask a corrupt purpose.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Prov 21:27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
- Lev 7:11Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
- Deut 12:6–7To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
- Prov 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
- John 18:28Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
- Prov 17:1Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.
- 1 Kgs 21:9–10In the letters she wrote: “Proclaim a fast and give Naboth a seat of honor among the people.
- 2 Sam 15:7–9After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
- Lev 7:15–16The meat of the sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it may be left until morning.
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