Bible Question (short): Jephthah and the burnt offering? |
Question (full): Greetings Froum Members! I will sing of the mercies of the Lord forever! I will sing in my heart with gladness to my God who saved me! I will sing and praise my God in my heart all day long, and, continually give thanks to Him for His Son Jesus Christ, who thought not of Himself but gave Himself as a sacrifice for the sins of the world! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever! I hope all is well with everyone! I thank God for this Forum! I have really grown since I became involved! Bless each one of you! This is a repost of a question that I asked before. I am having difficulty with Judges 11. In order to save space I will not post the entire chapter. It is the story of Jephthah who appears to have offered his daughter as a burnt offering to the Lord. I have a study bible at home. The commentary states that Jephthah could not have offered his daughter as a burnt offering because God forbids it in the book of Numbers. The commentary goes on to say that the daughter was not allowed to marry and that was the sacrifice, however, verse 39 (At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her according to the vow which he had made;...). This, to me, says that he did indeed offer up his daughter as he vowed. Any comments on this? I need to get back to someone who is growing and I'm having trouble explaining this. If anyone could help I would greatly appreciate it? Always your brother in Christ, Cyclist I will bless the Lord at all times! His praise shall continually be in my mouth! |