Really?
Some dude pops up on my Facebook feed using the story of "Jephthah" to teach that knowing alot about the Bible was not always the best thing to strive for. He basically said that, though Jephthah was well-versed in Biblical knowledge, he still messed up by uttering that infamous "foolish vow". By Bible knowledge, I'm assuming he was referring to Judges 11:14-28 where Jephthah gives a detailed history of the Israelites and their encounters with other peoples in the land of Canaan.
So, if that be the case, and Jephthah did have extensive knowledge of the Torah, then Jephthah would have known about the passage containing the "singular vow" mentioned in Leviticus 27:2 And if that be true, then Jephthah would have known that, according to the law, a human being would have been redeemed and not offered as a blood offering. Also, if God is the same "yesterday, today and forever", God would not want Jephthah's daughter as a sacrifice anyway, as attested to in the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
All the Book of Judges says is that his daughter "bewailed her virginity". The story doesn't even indicate she was terrified of the horror of having her own father holding her down and slitting her throat. I mean, if one was facing that, "dying a virgin" would be the last thing on their mind. That's because Jephthah's daughter was not sacrificed.: She was a virgin for the rest of her life, a very chaste and obedient daughter dedicated to the Lord, just like her father. Then there's the fact that the Bible never mentions Jephthah's vow as being "foolish" at all. Actually, Jephthah is later named among the "Heroes of faith" passage in Hebrews Chapter 11.
Some dude pops up on my Facebook feed using the story of "Jephthah" to teach that knowing alot about the Bible was not always the best thing to strive for. He basically said that, though Jephthah was well-versed in Biblical knowledge, he still messed up by uttering that infamous "foolish vow". By Bible knowledge, I'm assuming he was referring to Judges 11:14-28 where Jephthah gives a detailed history of the Israelites and their encounters with other peoples in the land of Canaan.
So, if that be the case, and Jephthah did have extensive knowledge of the Torah, then Jephthah would have known about the passage containing the "singular vow" mentioned in Leviticus 27:2 And if that be true, then Jephthah would have known that, according to the law, a human being would have been redeemed and not offered as a blood offering. Also, if God is the same "yesterday, today and forever", God would not want Jephthah's daughter as a sacrifice anyway, as attested to in the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel 15:22
And Samuel said, Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.
All the Book of Judges says is that his daughter "bewailed her virginity". The story doesn't even indicate she was terrified of the horror of having her own father holding her down and slitting her throat. I mean, if one was facing that, "dying a virgin" would be the last thing on their mind. That's because Jephthah's daughter was not sacrificed.: She was a virgin for the rest of her life, a very chaste and obedient daughter dedicated to the Lord, just like her father. Then there's the fact that the Bible never mentions Jephthah's vow as being "foolish" at all. Actually, Jephthah is later named among the "Heroes of faith" passage in Hebrews Chapter 11.
