Jueces 11 (Spanish RV 1909) - Bible Truth Library

did with.That Jephthah did not sacrifice his daughter, but consecrated her to the service of God in the tabernacle, in a state of celibacy, will we imagine be evident from the following consideration:--1.

Human sacrifices were ever an abomination to Jehovah, of which Jephthah could not be ignorant; and consequently he would neither have made such a vow, nor carried it into execution.

We are expressly told (ver. 29) that Jephthah was under the influence of the Spirit of God, which would effectually prevent him from embruing his hands in the blood of his own child.

He had it in his power to redeem his daughter, (Le 27:4;) and surely his only child must have been of more value than thirty shekles.

4. Besides, who was to perform the horrid rite?

Not Jephthah himself, who was no priest, and in whom it would have been most unnatural and inhuman; and the priests would certainly have dissuaded him from it.

The sacred historian informs us, that she bewailed her virginity, that she knew no man, and that the Israelitish women went yearly to comfort or lament with her.

Jue. 11:31• ³¹Cualquiera que me saliere á recibir de las puertas de mi casa, cuando volviere de los Ammonitas en paz, será de Jehová, y le ofreceré en holocausto. (Jue. 11:31)

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Lv. 27:28‑29• ²⁸Pero ninguna cosa consagrada, que alguno hubiere santificado á Jehová de todo lo que tuviere, de hombres y animales, y de las tierras de su posesión, no se venderá, ni se redimirá: todo lo consagrado será cosa santísima á Jehová.
²⁹Cualquier anatema (cosa consagrada) de hombres que se consagrare no será redimido: indefectiblemente ha de ser muerto. (Lv. 27:28‑29)

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Dt. 12:31• ³¹No harás así á Jehová tu Dios; porque todo lo que Jehová aborrece, hicieron ellos á sus dioses; pues aun á sus hijos é hijas quemaban en el fuego á sus dioses. (Dt. 12:31)

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Is. 66:3• ³El que sacrifica buey, como si matase un hombre; el que sacrifica oveja, como si degollase un perro; el que ofrece presente, como si ofreciese sangre de puerco; el que ofrece perfume, como si bendijese á un ídolo. Y pues escogieron sus caminos, y su alma amó sus abominaciones. (Is. 66:3)

to his vow.

1 S. 1:11,22,24,28• ¹¹E hizo voto, diciendo: Jehová de los ejércitos, si te dignares mirar la aflicción de tu sierva, y te acordares de mí, y no te olvidares de tu sierva, mas dieres á tu sierva un hijo varón, yo lo dedicaré á Jehová todos los días de su vida, y no subirá navaja sobre su cabeza.
²²Mas Anna no subió, sino dijo á su marido: Yo no subiré hasta que el niño sea destetado; para que lo lleve y sea presentado delante de Jehová, y se quede allá para siempre.
²⁴Y después que lo hubo destetado, llevólo consigo, con tres becerros, y un epha de harina, y una vasija de vino, y trájolo á la casa de Jehová en Silo: y el niño era pequeño.
²⁸Yo pues le vuelvo también á Jehová: todos los días que viviere, será de Jehová. Y adoró allí á Jehová. (1 S. 1:11,22,24,28)

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1 S. 2:18• ¹⁸Y el joven Samuel ministraba delante de Jehová, vestido de un ephod de lino. (1 S. 2:18)

custom.

or, ordinance.

• Abraham offered up his son "by faith" at God's command, Jephthah offered his daughter by an act of his own will, which was simply a want of faith. (“Fresh Declension and Fresh Revivals: Jephthah and His Daughter: Judges 11” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, and he performed on her the vow that he had vowed; and she had known no man. And it became a fixed custom in Israel,