If then, there is the utmost reason to believe that such an offering was not made by the high priest or any inferior priest—that it was not made by Jephthah himself—and that it was not made at Shiloh, the appointed place of sacrifice, what reason is there to suppose it was made at all? It is a measure of the Gileadites' distress that they readily consented to do this, making a solemn covenant with Jephthah to that effect "before Jehovah" in Mizpah. "Shall I be your head?" 1832. IVP Background Commentary - Since a vow is a religious act, drawing the deity into compact with the worshiper, it may not be broken under penalty of God’s displeasure (see Ex 20:7 and the injunction not to “misuse” God’s name). It may further be objected, that parents had no right to devote a daughter to perpetual virginity. He had not of his own, son nor daughter.] Judges 11:40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year. This argument was simply that Israel had not taken the disputed land away from the Ammonites; they had defeated the Amorites and had taken it away from them, not from the Ammonites, who did not originally own the land. Masoram in loc. “She was his only child, besides her he had neither son nor daughter.” The pathos of the situation comes home. George Bush - Went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah. But there is yet another way in which we follow the steps of Jephthah. On the other hand Leviticus 27:28-29 says that anything ‘devoted’ must be put to death without redemption. "[5] The "vain fellows" here were probably, as were the men who gathered around David, various characters whom society had rejected. His exultation was changed to humiliation and grief. Copyright StatementThe New John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible Modernised and adapted for the computer by Larry Pierce of Online Bible. Behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances. Yahweh had heard his prayer and had given him victory. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. "ex ea", so some in Vatablus. Would he not learn, that as an offering (עילה, the term he had employed in his vow) was in its own nature incompatible with a ’herem (חרם), and that the law having made no provision for the latter being substituted for the former, he was even, according to the very terms of his vow, rightly understood, not only released, but prohibited from performing it? Be judge — Let him determine this controversy by the success of this day and war. ", George Bush - Let me alone for two months. There is no lesson in this story of Jephthah more important than that the grace of God is all-powerful, raising a man from the lowest deeps to the highest heights and entirely changing his moral character. Verse 29 [29] Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. (Dt. that which cometh forth, which shall come forth, shall surely (KJV): Lev 27:2,3,28,29 1Sa 1:11,28 2:18 14:24,44 Ps 66:13,14, and I will (KJV): or, or I will, etc. With timbrels and with dances - From this instance we find it was an ancient custom for women to go out to meet returning conquerors with musical instruments, songs, and dances; and that it was continued afterwards is evident from the instance given 1 Samuel 18:6, where David was met, on his return from the defeat of Goliath and the Philistines, by women from all the cities of Israel, with singing and dancing, and various instruments of music. But what particular custom is alluded to, whether that of dedicating maidens to God, as Gusset supposes, or that of going at stated times to commemorate the fate of Jephthah’s daughter, as others contend, is not clear. "Commentary on Judges 11:35". I cannot go back. No mournings, no lamentations will ever be excited by our performance of them. ותהי חק בישראל vattehi ’hok be-yisraël. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jtc/judges-11.html. BibliographyGill, John. For a father’s rash vow the maiden laid down her life; the Son of God gave up His that we might not see death. ‘And so it was that, when he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas my daughter, you have brought me very low, and you are as one of those who trouble me, for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh and I cannot go back.” ’. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/geb/judges-11.html. Heb. These arguments, we grant, would have no weight against an express declaration of Holy Writ: but it is no-where said, that such a vow as doomed her to death was ever made. The âbeside herâ is, literally, beside him; but this is only duo to a Hebrew idiom, which is also found in Zechariah 8:10. and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him, with timbrels, and with dances; accompanied with young women, having timbrels in their hands, and playing upon them, and dancing as they came along; expressing their joy at, and congratulating him upon, the victory he had obtained over the children of Ammon: and she was his only child: and so dear unto him, and upon whom all his hopes and expectations of a posterity from him depended: besides her he had neither son nor daughter: some read it, "of her" (f); that is, she had neither son nor daughter; and so by this vow, be it understood in which way it may be, if fulfilled, she must die without any issue; though the phrase in the Hebrew text is, "of himself" (g); he had none, though his wife whom he married might have sons and daughters by an husband she had before him, and so these were brought up in Jephthah's house as his children; yet they were not begotten by him, they were not of his body, not his own children; he had none but this daughter, which made the trial the more grievous to him; her name, according to Philo, was Seila. That "fairy tale" is comparable only to those of Hans Christian Andersen. Finding the new version too difficult to understand? Today, will you be a doer of the Word and not merely a hearer (Jas 1:22)? Jephthah was a man who had the Spirit of God, and that alone would never have allowed him to offer his daughter as a burnt-offering. More than likely, he, like David, protected settlements from marauders. Heb. It was therefore necessary that she should remain unmarried, and that she should also be secluded in a great measure from society itself; that being the way in which the object of entire consecration could be most effectually attained. This meaning is emphasized by the impersonal pronouns, "it shall be Jehovah's," and, "I will offer it for a burnt-offering. 5:24 “Faithful is He who calls you, and He will also bring it to pass.”, Look at all the passages that speak to the faithfulness of God Not saying “Don’t make any commitments to the Lord”, But be careful in what you pledge and follow through and keep your commitments; don’t make commitments as part of some bargaining interaction with a God who graciously gives good gifts to His children. But there is only one condition on which the Lord will fight for us against our over-mastering foes. The term used (yechidah) is peculiarly tender. Thus it became a custom in Israel. The summary of Jephthah's argument here is simply that Israel had not taken the land away from the Ammonites at all, but had defeated and displaced the Amorites who were originally the inhabitants of the land. And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of another woman. To our mind the evidence for the negative clearly preponderates. “Vow then unto the Lord,” (Ps. And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. -- This was consistent with Deut. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/pet/judges-11.html. 1871-8. There are always certain dangers which arise from looking at anything from one point of view; and when men discover new principles they become so fascinated by them that they see nothing else, interpreting everything to suit their discovery and drawing all sorts of generalisations and inductions therefrom. 1859. opened my mouth. Trouble me — Before this, I was troubled by my brethren; and since, by the Ammonites; and now most of all, tho' but occasionally, by thee. He had no doubt made the effort over the years. Where our vows are lawful and practicable they should be religiously kept. The land had not belonged to the Ammonites, but to the Amorites, from whom Israel had taken it at God's command; Ammon, therefore, had no claim to it whatever. All Rightes Reserved, Larry Pierce, Winterbourne, Ontario.A printed copy of this work can be ordered from: The Baptist Standard Bearer, 1 Iron Oaks Dr, Paris, AR, 72855. Hall. Peradventure we have, like Jephthah, inconsiderately opened our mouths to the Lord: let us then at least, like Jephthah, proceed to the performance of our vows. There were two kinds of vows among the Hebrews—the simple vow, neder (Leviticus 27:2-27), and the “devotion,” or “ban,” cherem (Leviticus 27:28-29). 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. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use our convenient, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, and said, alas, my daughter, thou hast brought me very low.
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