Judges 11 30:39
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 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...and Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and she was his only child... Jephthah did rip his clothes and said "Alas my daughter!... I have opened my mouth to the Lord and I cannot turn back..." And it came to pass at the end of the two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow, which he had vowed.
2007-10-18 17:11:48 · 8 answers · asked by robert 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
II Samuel 21
Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites...but the king [David] took the two sons of Rizpah... and the five sons of Michal... and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of the harvest... And after that God was intreated for the land.
2007-10-18 17:12:24 · update #1
Yes, he does. In fact, if you don't give him at least one burnt corpse per year, he gets mad at you and puts your name on the list for Hell.
2007-10-18 17:16:45 · answer #1 · answered by Joshua C 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You are unnecessarily implying that God liked Jephthath's pretended promise of his own daughter as a burnt offering. Also, the 2 Samuel account of the hanging of the sons of Saul was initiated by God, not man.
2007-10-18 17:28:25 · answer #2 · answered by w2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Time changes. In that time Jewish customs were a thing you took serious back then. If a person made a promise to God you didn't just changed your mind. Its the same as marriage back then why the bibles says its a sin to divorce. A marriage is a promise. But after Jesus he allowed the Gentiles to be saved and changed from Jewish customs and came with new teachings. He wouldn't like human sacrifices now.
2007-10-18 17:31:27 · answer #3 · answered by Black B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was Jephthah's own fault for making a vow like that. Who asked him to? Did the Lord ask him to? Nobody even pressured him about it! But I'm sure that even if he had not carried out his vow, the Lord WOULD forgive him.
2007-10-18 17:29:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No He doesnt.
Thats not in any part His goal for the Earth.
2007-10-18 17:24:47 · answer #5 · answered by Nilo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you are looking for appeasement I'm not a virgin I gave at the office....
2007-10-18 17:18:27 · answer #6 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Uh.... NOOOO!!! Those passages you quoted from scripture are just "metephorical" - okay?
2007-10-18 17:16:05 · answer #7 · answered by snowbunny360 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
NO
2007-10-18 17:19:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋