Did Jephthah Sacrifice His Daughter For A burnt Offering? Jephthah Daughter Explained!

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Did Jephthah sacrifice his daughter or was it completely misunderstood? In this video we cover did Jephthah kill his daughter and we go into the Jephthah daughter scripture in Judges 11 which details everything.
This is a Jephthah daughter commentary but we also cover various scriptures which provide potential additional context to Jephthah's character.
The main text is Judges 11 but we also cover 1 Samuel and Hebrews.
Key Bible text - Judges 11:30-31 "30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering."
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@InThyWord 4 жыл бұрын

*If Jephthah really sacrificed his daughter, this was unacceptable. To find out why God was not in agreement watch this **kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oqd3Zclj2aicn6c.html*

@Lysimachus78 3 жыл бұрын

To me the final nail in the coffin is when it says "and she knew no man". I think that gives it away, that this offering was for the service of the Lord. Upon reading the verses, a literal sacrifice just does not make any sense. Remember the terms "burnt offering" can be spiritual as well. Spiritual sacrifices.

@InThyWord 3 жыл бұрын

thanks Lysimachus78 I disagree as mentioned in my video, but would prefer you to be right obviously.

@joemethod2407 3 жыл бұрын

The Law Concerning Vows 1Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, “This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: 2If a man makes a vow to the Lord, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. Numbers 30 .

@InThyWord 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thank you for your comment, do you think God meant this for things he did not desire?

@joemethod2407 3 жыл бұрын

@@InThyWord No he never meant it that way. Thats why you don't say things without thinking. The Bible says... ]So then, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.

@InThyWord 3 жыл бұрын

@@joemethod2407 I get you.

@XxlightxX 3 жыл бұрын

Yay!!! That's what I'm looking for can't that debunks this

@HebrewTactical 5 жыл бұрын

God did tell abraham to kill me a son....

@InThyWord 5 жыл бұрын

Scent Mack you’re right. I discuss this in the video at 13:45. And I just recorded the stand alone video I mentioned I would today (which I don’t believe in coincidences) which will be coming out soon. Make sure to subscribe if you want to see my full views and breakdown. It’s a good one.

@InThyWord 5 жыл бұрын

This is my standalone Abraham video discussing the main example people use concerning this topic - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNOjrKx3mtLckX0.html

@layth6857 3 жыл бұрын

he did as a test. God intentions was never for isaac to be sacrificed, god does not like child sacrifices

@larryatkinson8869 2 жыл бұрын

The real question is whether God would actually allow Jephtah to carry out such a sacrifice given his prior pronouncements on human sacrifice. This practice was one of God's motives for having the land "vomit out its inhabitants" as the scripture so graphically puts it. Should Christians even think for a minute that God would allow such an abhorrent act? To teach such a thing is to smear God's character.

@InThyWord 2 жыл бұрын

I can understand why you might say this and thanks for the comment. I basically discuss this, in this followup video (let me know what you think) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oqd3Zclj2aicn6c.html

@Lysimachus78 3 жыл бұрын

Dr. Adam Clarke, and generally sanctioned by Hebrew critics: "I will consecrate it to the Lord, OR I will offer it for a burnt offering;" that is, if it is a thing suitable for a burnt offering, it shall be made one; if fit for the service of God, it shall be consecrated to him." But even if Jephthah had sacrificed his only daughter, Christianity would not be amenable for it - for so rash a deed, resulting from a plain misunderstanding of his own duty. YLT translation also backs this up: "-- it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it -- a burnt-offering.'" (YLT)

@Kreationcreatures 2 жыл бұрын

Jephthah did not sacrifice his daughter! He made a vow that said whatever comes out the door of my house when I return home it will be the Lord's. I will sacrifice "It" as a burnt offering. A human isn't an IT. Secondly. It says "I will give to the Lord" when Jephthah returned home he was greeted by his daughter which he thought would be an animal. Jephthah knew he couldn't sacrifice is daughter God forbid human sacrifices. So he "Gave his daughter to the Lord" not by sacrificing her. That is why she knew no man and she bewailed her virginity. She would never marry or have children. The bible never said Jephthah sacrificed his daughter because he didn't!!!!! He still kept his VOW.

@davidburrows4801 2 жыл бұрын

Jephthah did sacrifice her it said he carried out the vow he promised and that was his vow ,to offer first thing that came out of his house as a burnt offering that's why do you think he tore his clothes and lamented.?

@Kreationcreatures 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidburrows4801 No no no. He kept his vow and gave his daughter to the Lord! Meaning she remained a virgin her entire life. Why did she bewail her virginity??? He tore his clothes because that was the end of his lineage. That was his only child. The bible doesn't say Jephthah sacrificed his daughter because he didn't! He said whatever came out his out "IT" will be the Lord's. Is a human an it? Lol Does a Holy God like the smell of human burning flesh? Get real!

@davidburrows4801 2 жыл бұрын

But he doesn't just say he'd offer her up to the lord, he followed it with (for a burnt offering) .that's the vow.

@Kreationcreatures 2 жыл бұрын

@@davidburrows4801 No. God forbid human sacrifices why would he allow Jephthah to sacrifice his daughter? That is a contradiction. Jephthah knew God wouldn't allow that. He gave her to the Lord. He still kept his vow. She never married or had sex. She went and bewailed her virginity and willing came back. If you were going to be burnt alive you would come back? Lol

@davidburrows4801 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kreationcreatures ,I'm only saying what it says in the text ,also burnt offerings were killed first in Jewish tradition

@joebobjenkins7837 4 ай бұрын

Yes he did, but he never consulted the priest or God on what could be done

@dongee6351 3 жыл бұрын

I watched to the end and hope that you accept my apologies. You are the first person that I have come accross that has given an honest appraisal of the story. My view is that it was discourse between the two as we can see from the outcome and God should have avoided the situation. I am going to remove my original comment. There are two things that come to mind here. I all human life came from Adam and Eve how does God distinguish people considering it reasonable to annihilate whole sections of people in favour of another. It also seems strange that the omnipotent creator of everything loves the smell of burning animals. It confuses me.

@InThyWord 3 жыл бұрын

Accepted @DON GEE. When you say “Annihilate whole sections of people in favour of another” what are you referring to specifically?

@dongee6351 3 жыл бұрын

@@InThyWord In this case it is the Ammonites but the amount of slaughter within the Bible has been counted at 2,821,364. The point is that if we are all from the same (Adam and Eve) how can we be split into different sections of people? Are we not all the same? How can God have a favourite?

@InThyWord 3 жыл бұрын

@@dongee6351 That would be like asking why if we are all citizens but some of us get put in prison right?

@dongee6351 3 жыл бұрын

@@InThyWord Absolutely not..You don't seem to get the point which is why does God exterminate people for the sake of the Israelites when logic tells us that they are all the same. If you are inferring that the exterminated deserved it then that is sad, unreasonable and unforgiving. In that period all of the sections in that area of the World attacked each other, that was the way. The other peoples were no different from the Israelites, if they won a battle then they would claim it was due to their Gods. Read about that time in history, it is very enlightening.

@InThyWord 3 жыл бұрын

@@dongee6351 So if a group of people commit a crime on a smaller group, they do not deserve punishment, because they’re both humans? I think my example follows where you are going. All nations were judged for their own wickedness (Israel included). God judged the nations and says, this is not for Israel being righteous, but for the people’s own crimes. Also, the Ammonites were not exterminated here, so who are you referring to when you use the word exterminated? Also, which source are you referring to that says 2 million?

@isaacarellano5319 4 жыл бұрын

I seek truth and each scholar and speaker takes different thing's . No one sees eyes to eye

@InThyWord 4 жыл бұрын

You look at what the book says above all, not men or women.

@isaacarellano5319 4 жыл бұрын

@@InThyWord amen

@isaacarellano5319 4 жыл бұрын

Some say she was sacrificed and others she went to tabernacle. A Good point is God never asked him to do that.

@InThyWord 4 жыл бұрын

Isaac Arellano exactly. That is the vital point in this context. Thank you for your comment.

@graceyow3392 3 жыл бұрын

first of all, as you pointed out, god abhors and condemns human sacrifices. second of all, jephtha said "it" and "whatever" meaning, he did not think a human being would be the first to greet him. third of all, in his grief he told his daughter that he had given his word to the lord, which the daughter took as that as you mentioned, like samuel's mother, meant she would be devoted to the service of the lord and could not be married. fourth of all, the written word of god declared "AND she had no relations with a man" towards the end of the story which confirms she lived after jephthah is written to have done to her according to his promise to god. i truly believe that if jephthah did actually intend to burn her daughter when she turned out to be the first to greet him, god would know this, and he could have prevented her from showing up first. or remonstrate jephthah and not help him win over the ammonites.

@juliem1674 3 жыл бұрын

We will never know what happened but if we look at God's nature....to allow this to happen would be against God's nature so I don't think her father actually killed her. Her father killed/sacrificed the life she could have had of being a mother, wife, ect ect....which to a girl in those times, meant EVERYTHING. So The Offering of her as a burnt sacrifice in this case does not necessarily mean that the father killed his daughter. The sacrifice here is that she will never know a man or be married, or become a wife, hence why she went to mourn as these are the experiences she will never have. Even when God asked Abraham to kill his own son Isaac...God stopped Abraham just in time because God's intention was to test Abraham, it was not to kill Issac. To kill Issac would have gone against the nature of God which God cannot do as "he is not a man that he should lie or change his mind/nature"- numbers 23.19 So....at first glance it may look like she was killed/sacrificed by her father but.....this to me is not true. The true sacrifice was that she would never live her life as intended i.e..get married, be a wife, be a mother ect ect which as we can imagine must have been very painful.

@InThyWord 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking time to write your opinion of events. I appreciate this is the opposing view of events. Although I do not agree, I do not see this view as baseless. One thing you should consider if you have not though is... God did not tell him to make an offering. And God did not have to stop him to show his disgust with the action. This would mean God has to stop every sinner from sinning, which is not true. Do you see my point Julie?

@juliem1674 3 жыл бұрын

@@InThyWord Hi, Yes i see your point. But although God can't stop every sinner he doesn't encourage Sin either hence why i don't feel this sacrifice was the kind that it may seem to be at first glance. But I guess we will never know as we cannot know based from the short text. It's one of those grey areas of the bible, that am struggling to understand, especially with the book of Judges such as chapter 19.24 with the sexual violation of innocent women.

@InThyWord 3 жыл бұрын

@@juliem1674 Maybe watching this video, recently explaining Jephthah’s account based on a dialogue with an atheist could help: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oqd3Zclj2aicn6c.html Judges might be the worst sins in the whole Bible, but when you read it in context a common adage comes up “Every man did what was right in their own eyes”. This is why Judges stands out to many, but many do not understand, people are living lawless in many ways. If you have any other questions about the Bible feel free to ask and I will try my best.

@jrjazz7183 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t get why this is a question . The book say what it say , she became a burnt offering . Your make believing it says something else because your uncomfortable with what you read .

@justadude777 3 жыл бұрын

Judges 11:31 Does say whatever comes out that door I will sacerfice it as a burnt offering. Honestly pretty devastating. Making vows to God is extreme responsible. Probably the reason why God taught through Jesus in Matthew don't make vows to God. I guess we're weak a fragile .

@Kreationcreatures 2 жыл бұрын

The bible doesn't say she became a burnt offering. The scriptures says whatever comes out to meet me I will give "It" is a human being an it? Lol No. Jephthah didn't kill his daughter he gave her to the Lord meaning should would never have children or marry. She willing came back home after 2 months would you if you knew you would be roasted? 😅

@justadude777 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kreationcreatures Sigh .. look I accept every word God says in the scriptures even if I ain't comfortable with it. We shouldn't twist the scriptures cause of something we don't like. Jephthah sadly really did sacrifice his daughter. Judges 11:31 then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD’s, and (( I WILL OFFER IT UP AS A BURNT OFFERING )). Jephthah did say " IT" but he didn't expect his daughter to come out the door. He expected an animal or something else. Plus if the sacrifice was only for her devotion to God being unmarried and virgin than why did Japheth tear his cloths and cry and was devastated? You condradict the scripture. But understand this it was Japheth oath to God that has done this. He did this to himself not God. Plus you said why would she go back home after 2 months? In Judges 11:36 she says you have given your word to the Lord do to me just as you promised now that the lord has avenged you of your enemies. So she had accepted what was going to happen to her she wasn't forced to be killed.

@justadude777 2 жыл бұрын

@@Kreationcreatures God is still Good, a being of Light and Love. But in the old testament times a oath to God cannot be broken. Numbers 30:2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or swears an oath to bind himself by some agreement, he shall not break his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. Making an oath to God is up to us if we want to carry such responsibility. Probably the reason why God taught through Jesus to not make anymore oaths in Matthew 5:33-34

@jonnyw82 2 жыл бұрын

If Yahweh didn’t want her to be sacrificed why didn’t he say that to Jeptha????

@InThyWord 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your question Jonathan this video will answer that question for you kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oqd3Zclj2aicn6c.html Please let me know if you have further questions.

@jonnyw82 2 жыл бұрын

@@InThyWord thanks I’ll check it out but why does it take an entire vid to answer the question? Isn’t this book supposed to be our guide to life yet it’s fraught with all sorts of bizarre and problematic stories that one must perform mental gymnastics to explain away. I have a much easier and sensible explanation: it was written by bronze age men with bronze age understanding of God, man, life etc.

@joebobjenkins7837 4 ай бұрын

Did Jephthah ever consult God? We dont ever see that happening.

@Goblinblade 3 жыл бұрын

Why did god not simply intervene and stop him from sacrificing his daughter? He seemed to be very opinionated about many other, lesser situations at this time in history. And he often communicated with the Israelites. The lesson on "making bad vows" would have still be made, and god wouldn't have been an accessory to this despicable act.

@InThyWord 3 жыл бұрын

Archie Steel this recent video answers this question Archie, and shows why the Bible does not make God an accessory if Jephthah sacrificed his daughter kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oqd3Zclj2aicn6c.html. Let me know your thoughts...

@Knightx392 3 жыл бұрын

Free will?

@Goblinblade 3 жыл бұрын

@@Knightx392 Yeah, but god wouldn't necessarily have been infringing on his free will to step in and say, "don't do it." That's what he did with Abraham, after god told him to sacrifice Isaac. God put him up to it, and then told him to stop at the last moment, and Abraham obeyed without his free will being taken. At least then god would have made it clear that he did not approve of Jephthahs actions, also.

@Knightx392 3 жыл бұрын

@@Goblinblade Idk then it has to be that he didn't burn her, the text also keeps emphasizing her virginity instead of saying they mourned because she was about to die.

@jongpi9870 4 жыл бұрын

I don't believe that Jepthah killed her daughter.Read John 8 28-29.It states that Jesus always follow what is pleasing in the eyes of the Father God and offering persons as burnt offering is not pleasing in his eyes.It is also mentioned that man should act not on their own authority but on His authority and I do believe that he would not authorize such things.Brother somehow,I have confusions on the writer of the bible.Is he really writing it properly because oftentimes he addresses God as he and not with He.

@InThyWord 4 жыл бұрын

Jephthah is not Jesus. If Jephthah offered his daughter, this does not mean God accepted such acts. The two are not bound together. Is there a law that says you need to write He and not he? Thanks for your comments.

@jongpi9870 4 жыл бұрын

@@InThyWord Didn't you know that when you are addressing the Father God it should always be He and not he. I know that Jesus is not Jepthah,what I mean to say is the statement of Jesus on John 8 28-29,He said that man should not act alone with his own authority but by God and in addition He also stated that He will always do what is pleasing in the eyes of God,therefore in my own opinion God will not tolerate human sacrifices and if Jepthah really killed his daughter,the Father God does not approve of it.I just have mentioned it earlier in my comment.

@InThyWord 4 жыл бұрын

@@jongpi9870 God did not approve or require it. Capitilization is not a law. The context tells us whether or not God is being spoken about or not, not English capitals.

@jongpi9870 4 жыл бұрын

@@InThyWord Research google on Reverential Capitalization specify your question and you will get the answer properly.

@InThyWord 4 жыл бұрын

Jong Pi like I said, it is a veneration practice, not a law.

@marcdecock7946 4 жыл бұрын

The symbol on your computer would be a great flag for atheism and science. I'm not sure what makes me more sad, the fact that it's so easy to conclude either one of two things 1. it's just a story, there is no god, this is just a metaphor for 'be careful what you promise, because you might have to pay' 2. this is all true, god agreed on giving a helping hand to murder many more people as a favor, then there's still two options where you're still better of as an atheist if you admit to god that this story was disgusting that you truly hope he is not really like that, a. he is indeed not like that, in which case the atheist is ok, but by definition the believer is doomed. b. he is exactly like that, but then do you really think heaven is going to be forthcoming from such a god, who created us in his image? Given 2b: I don't think you should waste your life contemplating the biddings of justifying evil in a book.

@InThyWord 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your question and observation. Your two scenarios are flawed which actually highlights at least one more option. #3 The story is true, It gives us warning but also shows along with the whole Bible, God is not interested in men and women offering their children as sacrifices. God is true, this is a vital lesson, the events are true and God did not accept it. Now adding this third option to your equation, what would be the best option for an atheist?

@marcdecock7946 4 жыл бұрын

God took an active part in slaughtering these other people for Jephthah. The story on itself stands to justify a flawless point for the evil nature of god, or ctulah, or baal. You can not be sure.

@InThyWord 4 жыл бұрын

So if you had a powerful ally who helped you defend yourself against someone coming to fight you based on untruths, you would have a problem with your friend helping you?

@layth6857 3 жыл бұрын

@@marcdecock7946 damn, what you said has to be the dumbest thing I've read in a long time

@matthewbryan7951 3 жыл бұрын

You dont agree with offering tour children in these circumstances? I would hope under no circumstances. This is iron age nonsense This is a perfect example of the harm in believing irrational unjustifiable world view. It allows Perfectly reasonable people such as yourself to except things only a psychopath could make sense of. I hope you come to truth and find your way in life. Just ask yourself. Do I believe in this proposition and can justify it reasonably in the same way I could justify any other Proposition of this magnitude.

@whiskeybrown262 4 жыл бұрын

Nah, God allowed & accepted Jeptha's sacrifice because he Loves B

@InThyWord 4 жыл бұрын

Please quote me the scripture which tells you God ACCEPTED Jephthah’s sacrifice? (if that is what it was) @Mac Ross

@rafovasquez3902 4 жыл бұрын

In Thy Word just because he didn’t “accept it” or “wasn’t pleased” with it, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen. You religious people are ridiculous. It happened, she got sacrificed. It doesn’t mean God accepted the sacrifice or was pleased with it. It means to watch what you promise, watch your tongue, be more careful with your words. Are people really that dumb that they can’t understand?? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@InThyWord 4 жыл бұрын

rafo Vasquez in my video, my view is he did offer her. But I know there is potential I could be wrong. Hope this helps you. I was not denying it as this contradicts my video.

@KennedyApproach 4 жыл бұрын

@@InThyWord First of all, he accepted his 'promise'. He could have stopped right there, but no. And second, what does it matter whether god accepted the offer? Jepthah did what he vowed, he burnt his daughter. And thirdly, where in the bible states it that god rejected the sacrifice?

@InThyWord 4 жыл бұрын

KennedyApproach what do you mean he could stop there? Secondly, It matters because God did not tell him, nor accept those offerings. Which answers your third statement. In the 5 Books of Moses to start, God vehemently tells them do not learn the ways of Egypt which you are coming from or the people you are going to. One of the major sins was offering newborn babies as sacrifice. God did not need those as acceptable offerings.