[Biblemat] Jephthah's Rash Vow

[Robert Waters]

   Jephthah's Rash Vow Judges 11:29-40 by Robert Waters  Was Jephthah's vow
as rash as some commentators suggest? Did Jephthah actually offer his
daughter as a human sacrifice in the same manner as the pagans of his
day--the people who God wanted destroyed because of such evil practices?

Jephthah, a judge over Israel and evidently a godly man, promised the Lord
that if He would help him defeat the enemy he would offer as a sacrifice
whatsoever came through the door to meet him when he returned home. Note the
text as rendered by the King James below:

Jdg 11:31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my
house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall
surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

When I first read this text a number of years ago I quickly jumped to the
conclusion that Jephthah offered his daughter as a sacrifice in the same way
that faithful believers of God offered up animal sacrifices. I thought such
an idea was almost unbelievable, but figured God determined to use the space
in the Bible for this to teach a lesson about making rash vows, and that
whatever the vow, it must be kept.

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