I have a question in the bible
Did jephthah sacrifice his daughter to the lord?
God in the bible accept human sacrifice?.
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No one really knows.
Some believe that he gave her to full time temple service, like Hannah did with her child, Samuel.
Others believe that she was killed and that the story shows the sin of fulfilling a rash vow – that the lessor sin would have been to break the vow rather than to murder.
The Bible does not specify one way or the other.
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There is evidence that he didn’t actually kill his daughter, but forced her to sacrifice a free life to remain in service to the Lord. That is why she mourned her “virginity” rather than her life, because she would never marry.
Even if you believe he took her life, there is no indication that God accepted or approved of the action.
Here is an article on this issue:
https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/rethinking-jephthah-foolish-vow/
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He made a vow, so he had to do it.
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God never condoned himan sacrifice. Look a His judgement for Israel sacrificing their children to the fires of Molech
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He made the sacrifice, but obviously it couldn’t have been accepted.
Animals used to live inside the tent with the people. He fully expected one of his livestock to come out of the tent first.
He made a conditional vow, so he kept it.
Such is the danger of vow-making.
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No, God does not accept human sacrifice. Read the full context of the story.
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Good treatment of the subject : https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/rethinking-jephthah-foolish-vow/
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With Jephthah’s vow in 11:31, read that this offering would belong to the Lord, and that it would be offering up as a [whole] burnt offering. This particular offering is not used symbolically in any other part of the Old and New testament. However, offering in general, both in the Old and New Testaments, may be used symbolically in order to characterize something offered to the Lord by way of sacrificial giving. In Romans 12:1 believers are to offer our bodies as a living sacrifices to the Lord, an act of spiritual worship. Thus it is clearly possible, more likely probable, that Jephthah, under the Spirit’s guidance, was using the language of sacrifice symbolically in this context, symbolic of complete and total dedication to the Lord. Plus a child sacrifice was clearly forbidden and an abomination in Scripture, but the concern of the text is never death, but always virginity. It appears, that Jephthah’s vows consisted of offering a member of his house to the full-time service of the Lord, and thus not to the normal duties of a household, such as marriage and having children.
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It’s a tough one, I’ll admit.
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He made a VOW. And when you make a VOW, you must fulfill it. God had never required a human sacrifice except that of Christ
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Some believe that he did sacrifice his daughter on a fire, however I believe that more than likely what really took place is that he turned he over for the service of the Lord for the rest of her life, kind of like Samuel’s mother did when she made her vow to turn him over to the Lord if God would give her a child.
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We need to start with context. The period of the Judges was a time when God used even unscrupulous people to deliver Israel. Jepthah was one of those who made a deal with God that if he were victorious in battle he would sacrifice the first thing or person who welcomed him home. He assumed it might be a slave and was shocked when it was his daughter. The belief at the time was that you better fulfill your vows to God or would bring judgment on the person. Again the unscrupulous father did not want to incur wrath over his rash vow. Does God accept human sacrifice? He did only once and that was when Jesus died for our sins. The point of the story was to not make rash vows to God if you do not plan to fulfill or you may bring judgment on yourself.
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