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NASB | Judges 11:39 At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her according to the vow which he had made; and she had no relations with a man. Thus it became a custom in Israel, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Judges 11:39 At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her as he had vowed; and she had no relations with a man. It became a custom in Israel, |
Subject: Who or what was sacrificed? |
Bible Note: 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 |