https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/#comment-50590 Sun, 03 Feb 2019 12:09:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=16841#comment-50590 And is the correct interpetation as the oath was twofold-first part to offer the greeter unto God, the second part to make a burnt offering..Note what it doesn’t say, that the greeter would be the offering OR he had one of two options. The statement is very clear that the vow consisted of two parts. -first part to offer the greeter unto God, the second part to make a burnt offering (which requires ONLY male animals to be acceptable).. He weeped because it was his daughter who was his only child; that meant his line would be cut-off…She mourn with the daughters of Israel because “being fruitful” was everything in the antiquity…Remember when Rachel said she would rather die than be barren (Genesis 30:1).

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/#comment-50589 Sun, 03 Feb 2019 10:49:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=16841#comment-50589 That view has a lot of flaws..one being, as mention in the writeup “everyone did what was right on his own eyes” (Judges 21:25) and the law of Leviticus 5:4-6 offered him a way out..so we could assume by his grievous reaction to his daughter being the one who greets him..he could have easily applied that Mosaic rule since “everyone did what was right on his own eyes”, but he didn’t..because we know that under the Levitical sacrificial system, only male animals qualified for usage in burnt offerings…so it would have been impossible for any human sacrifice to fulfill an olah.

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/#comment-49678 Thu, 27 Oct 2016 20:00:55 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=16841#comment-49678 […] Jephthah’s vow be thought of as innocent, virtuous, or perfect (contrary to the post “Jephthah’s Perfect Vow“) […]

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/#comment-48058 Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:44:27 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=16841#comment-48058 […] http://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/#disqus_thread […]

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/#comment-47880 Sat, 13 Jun 2015 11:45:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=16841#comment-47880 This would make an interesting article for ‘Expository Times’….

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/#comment-46801 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 11:19:04 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=16841#comment-46801 […] Jephthah’s Perfect Vow David Murray argues that Jephthah’s vow didn’t lead to the sacrifice of his daughter… […]

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/#comment-46699 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 11:09:06 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=16841#comment-46699 […] David Murray and Miles Van Pelt have recently written articles on Jephthah’s foolish vow. In this article Jesse Johnson argues that we should stop trying to rescue Jephthah and celebrate grace. What do you think? […]

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/#comment-46686 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 15:17:25 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=16841#comment-46686 […] las últimas semanas he leído dos artículos ( aquí y aquí ) que han argumentado en contra de esa comprensión de Jueces 11, esencialmente diciendo, […]

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/#comment-46683 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:42:53 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=16841#comment-46683 […] the last few weeks I’ve read two articles (here and here) that have argued against that understanding of Judges 11, essentially saying, “no, […]

]]> https://headhearthand.org/blog/2014/02/24/jephthahs-perfect-vow/#comment-46672 Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:48:00 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=16841#comment-46672 Dan, how would you understand this passage?

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