The article analyses the vows contained in the Book of Judges. It focuses on the commendable and contradicting features of vows in the Book of Judges and its proximity in the Old Testament. It states that the Hebrew word nadar, translated as vow, is probably connected with the word nazar, which means dedicate. It also mentions the instances in the Bible and the Ancient Near East concerning vows as god's property and the reasons why they take make vows.