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1 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | God's Daughter | 199645 | ||
Concerning Judges 11, the passages in verses 31-34, where Jephthah makes a vow to the Lord that "whatever comes out of his house to meet him when he returns in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering." Then his only child and daughter comes out dancing and playing the tambourine rejoicing in his victory. What actually was the sacrifice? Was it the daughter's praises? or her life? This is puzzling me. |
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2 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | halroy | 199646 | ||
Jdg 11:36 And she said to him, "My father, you have opened your mouth to the LORD; do to me according to what has gone out of your mouth, now that the LORD has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites." Jdg 11:37 So she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me: leave me alone two months, that I may go up and down on the mountains and weep for my virginity, I and my companions." Jdg 11:38 So he said, "Go." Then he sent her away for two months, and she departed, she and her companions, and wept for her virginity on the mountains. Jdg 11:39 And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow that he had made. She had never known a man, and it became a custom in Israel Jdg 11:40 that the daughters of Israel went year by year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year. The sacrifice was her life. The vow was rash, on Jephthah's part, although I have always wondered what he thought (or hoped?) would come out of his house on his return. Was it a rash vow, or one which he intended to use to justify some evil intent for someone else (apparently, he did not expect his daughter to be first out of the house). |
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3 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | stjohn | 199649 | ||
Hi Brother halroy, Sense human sacrifice is abhorrent to, and, really goes against everything that the Bible teaches us about God's heart in such a matter, perhaps we should look elsewhere for the answer? I think because of what God has revealed about Himself, we really "have to" look,... elsewhere, don't we? I mean, our God, defender of the innocent, protector of children, not willing that any should perish, oh no, I'm of the opinion that her life was indeed sacrificed, but certainly NOT unto death. I think her life was indeed given to the Lord, but, the lamentation was because it was so important to women in that day (or any day really) to bare children, and she remained a virgin in dedication to God. Do we really want to believe that God would allow human sacrifice? Indeed, can we, believe such an abhorrent thing would be allowed by God? I don't think so. Just my two cents Brother. God bless John |
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4 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | Michael Draves | 199671 | ||
Ezek 20:25 "I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live; Ezek 20:26 and I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might know that I am the LORD."' |
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5 | Who or what was sacrificed? | Judg 11:39 | stjohn | 199673 | ||
Hi Michael, Thanks for the response, it gives me a chance to clarify my position perhaps a bit more. Anyway I'll try my best. If I'm reading you correctly, and I must assume, as I've not been provided with commentary. (no problem though, if I'm off, forgive me, and we'll let it go to my doltishness) Is that you perhaps believe that this provides some proof that Jephthah had his daughter pass through the fire as a burnt offering? If We read the story of Jephthah in Judges 11, carefully, we can see quite plainly that he is a man of God, and NOT a pagan, and follower of the ways of Baal. Ezekiel 20 Is clearly referring to an ungodly line. God, through Ezekiel, is simply declaring His sovereignty over all things, good and evil. We can obviously get into the prophetic here but that really isn't the goal here. What we need to see is the heart of God for "His people" as reviled to us throughout Scripture, not just one or two verses, as seen in Ezekiel 20. This was a very evil time in the history of the nation Israel, and they were no better then any other pagan nation who would follow anything BUT God. Not to say of course, that the time of Judges was very much better, but that kind of depravity had not been sunk to, at least not by Jephthah. So it would seem that we are talking apples and oranges, or, should I say, wheat and tares. As a footnote, it's interesting that In Judges it is declared that, everyone did what was good in their own eyes. Sort of, just like today, it seems like everyone is doing their own thing, don't you think? There is certainly, no king in Israel! He, is at the right hand of The Father. God bless John |
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