For example, Hannah, the mother of the prophet Samuel, “went on to make a vow and say: ‘ O Jehovah of armies, if... you will not forget your slave girl and actually give to your slave girl a male offspring, I will give him to Jehovah all the days of his life, and no razor will come upon his head. ’ ”
لم تنس امتك بل اعطيت امتك زرع بشر فإني اعطيه للرب كل ايام حياته ولا يعلو رأسه موسى » .‏ (‏ ١ صموئيل ١ :‏ ١١‏ )‏ كما يصف الكتاب المقدس النذور بأنها طوعية .‏