Jephtha’s Vow and Daughter

Judges 11:29-40

Passage

Jephthah’s vow.

Judges 11:29-31

KJV 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. 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.

NLT 29 At that time the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and from there he led an army against the Ammonites. 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord. He said, “If you give me victory over the Ammonites, 31 I will give to the Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

His conquest of the Ammonites.

Judges 11:32-33

KJV 32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands. 33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

NLT 32 So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave him victory. 33 He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about twenty towns from Aroer to an area near Minnith and as far away as Abel-keramim. In this way Israel defeated the Ammonites.

He performeth his vow on his daughter.

Judges 11:34-40

KJV 34 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; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back. 36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, 40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

NLT 34 When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter came out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. She was his one and only child; he had no other sons or daughters. 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. “Oh, my daughter!” he cried out. “You have completely destroyed me! You’ve brought disaster on me! For I have made a vow to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.” 36 And she said, “Father, if you have made a vow to the Lord, you must do to me what you have vowed, for the Lord has given you a great victory over your enemies, the Ammonites. 37 But first let me do this one thing: Let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin.” 38 “You may go,” Jephthah said. And he sent her away for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never have children. 39 When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israel 40 for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah’s daughter.

Notes and Commentaries

Verse 29

Judges 11:29

KJV 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.

NLT 29 At that time the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead and Manasseh, including Mizpah in Gilead, and from there he led an army against the Ammonites.

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Commentary

Spirit of the Lord.

It is the presence of the Holy Spirit that makes service for God effective for good. There may be much activity, much feverish anxiety, but unless the labor is sanctified by the presence and power of the Spirit, little lasting good will be accomplished.

He passed over.

In succession Jephthah toured Gilead and all the territory of Manasseh recruiting additional troops. He swept through the land from end to end to kindle the torch of war and to embolden the population to resist the Ammonite invaders. Judges 12:2

KJV 2 And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.

NLT 2 Jephthah replied, “I summoned you at the beginning of the dispute, but you refused to come! You failed to help us in our struggle against Ammon.

implies that even the Hebrew tribes across the Jordan in western Palestine were invited to participate in the war.

Verse 30

Judges 11:30

KJV 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

NLT 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord. He said, “If you give me victory over the Ammonites,

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Commentary

Jephthah vowed.

The record of Jephthah’s rash vow confronts us with one of those difficult passages of Scripture where the account is too brief to permit definite conclusions as to what occurred. According to one explanation Jephthah actually offered his daughter as a burnt offering, and by so doing placed himself in an evil light. In view of the fact that God gave him success pursuant to the vow, such an act on his part appeal s particularly heinous and most difficult to understand. The second, view, which assumes that Jephthah devoted his daughter to a life of celibacy, exonorates him from the charge of offering her as a sacrifice (see on v. Judges 11:39

KJV 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

NLT 39 When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israel

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Here, as elsewhere, it is our duty to ascertain what the Bible says, and to avoid attempting to make its statements harmonize with our concept of the stoiy. We must take the Bible as it reads and be content to let the matter rest there. Wherever possible we should, of course, give a man the benefit of the doubt, and not pass judgment on him without due cause.

A vow.

The literature of early nations shows that the ancients frequently made vows to their deities. The practice was common among the Hebrews (see Genesis 28:20

KJV 20 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,

NLT 20 Then Jacob made this vow: “If God will indeed be with me and protect me on this journey, and if he will provide me with food and clothing,

; 1 Samuel 1:11

KJV 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

NLT 11 And she made this vow: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the Lord, his hair will never be cut.”

; 2 Samuel 15:8

KJV 8 For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the Lord shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord.

NLT 8 For while your servant was at Geshur in Aram, I promised to sacrifice to the Lord in Hebron if he would bring me back to Jerusalem.”

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Jephthah’s vow was made under the stress of circumstances, as he stood at the threshold of a most perilous venture. Unfortunately it was generally in times of danger or crisis that vows like these were made, when the emotional stress contributed to the danger of making rash promises.

Verse 31

Judges 11:31

KJV 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.

NLT 31 I will give to the Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

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Whatsoever cometh forth.

Whom should Jephthah expect to come from the doors of his house to greet him returning in victory, except his wife, or his daughter, or possibly a slave? Some have attempted to show that an animal, such as may often have been found in the homes of the ancients, could be here implied. But the Hebrew term he used for “meet” seems to rule against this. This tenu is most generally used of men (see Genesis 18:2

KJV 2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,

NLT 2 He looked up and noticed three men standing nearby. When he saw them, he ran to meet them and welcomed them, bowing low to the ground.

; Exodus 18:7

KJV 7 And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.

NLT 7 So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law. He bowed low and kissed him. They asked about each other’s welfare and then went into Moses’ tent.

; 2 Kings 1:6

KJV 6 And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die.

NLT 6 They replied, “A man came up to us and told us to go back to the king and give him this message. ‘This is what the Lord says: Is there no God in Israel? Why are you sending men to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether you will recover? Therefore, because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on; you will surely die.’”

; etc.). It has been observed that it would not have been an extraordinary vow to have promised to offer a lamb or an ox for a marvelous victoiy. Such sacrifices would have been offered by numerous Israelites.

One must remember that although Jephthah worshiped the God of Israel, and in the undertaking relied on Him, he had grown up in an alien land among heathen people. Among these heathen nations human sacrifices were offered in times of great crisis. Compare the act of the king of Moab who sacrificed his eldest son to his god Chemosh as a final act of desperation to save his city from the attacking Israelites (2 Kings 3:26-27

KJV 26 And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. 27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

NLT 26 When the king of Moab saw that he was losing the battle, he led 700 of his swordsmen in a desperate attempt to break through the enemy lines near the king of Edom, but they failed. 27 Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have been the next king, and sacrificed him as a burnt offering on the wall. So there was great anger against Israel, and the Israelites withdrew and returned to their own land.

). The law of Moses prohibited the offering of human sacrifices (Leviticus 18:21

KJV 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

NLT 21 “Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech, for you must not bring shame on the name of your God. I am the Lord.

; Deuteronomy 12:31

KJV 31 Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods.

NLT 31 You must not worship the Lord your God the way the other nations worship their gods, for they perform for their gods every detestable act that the Lord hates. They even burn their sons and daughters as sacrifices to their gods.

; etc.), yet this prohibition was flouted from time to time down to the days of Ahaz and Manasseh (2 Chronicles 28:3

KJV 3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel.

NLT 3 He offered sacrifices in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, even sacrificing his own sons in the fire. In this way, he followed the detestable practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.

; 2 Chronicles 33:6

KJV 6 And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.

NLT 6 Manasseh also sacrificed his own sons in the fire in the valley of Ben-Hinnom. He practiced sorcery, divination, and witchcraft, and he consulted with mediums and psychics. He did much that was evil in the Lord’s sight, arousing his anger.

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The Spirit of God came upon Jephthah in order that Israel might be saved from destruction. But the presence of the Spirit does not guarantee infallibility or omniscience. The one who receives the Spirit remains a free moral agent, and is expected to make appropriate progress in spiritual growth and knowledge. Jephthah, in his ignorance of what was right, rashly vowed an evil thing. In the same way, although the Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon and wrought great deliverance through him, the Spirit did not prevent him from setting up an illegal worship. This narrative of Jephthah’s rash vow is related, as so many in the Scriptures are, without note or comment, indeed neither is needed. The only judgment possible in the case of Jephthah is that of condemnation.

Be the Lord’s.

Apparently in the same sense that Jericho and its inhabitants had been devoted to Him (see on Joshua 6:15

KJV 15 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.

NLT 15 On the seventh day the Israelites got up at dawn and marched around the town as they had done before. But this time they went around the town seven times.

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And I will offer.

Some have endeavored to translate as “or” the Hebrew word for “and,” at the beginning of the phrase. They believe Jephthah to have said, in effect, “'Whatever comes from the doors of my home to meet me as I return shall be devoted exclusively for the Lord’s service, if it is a human, or, if it is a clean animal, I will offer it as a burnt offering.” Since it was Jephthah’s daughter who came out to meet him, such interpreters say the first phrase applies, that is, “shall surely be the Lord’s.” Commentators who take this point of view explain Jephthah’s statement to mean that the girl never married but devoted herself to religious service for the rest of her life (see on v. Judges 11:39

KJV 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

NLT 39 When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israel

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It.

Some commentators prefer rendering the pronoun, thus translated, as “Him,” thereby making the statement read, “I will offer [to] Him [God] a burnt offering.” It is true that the Hebrew pronoun, standing alone, may mean either “him” or “it.” But attached to the verb, as here, the pronoun must always be understood as the direct object of the verb. This invariable rule requires the translation, “I will offer it for a burnt offering.” Furthermore, Jephthah’s grief (v. Judges 11:35

KJV 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.

NLT 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. “Oh, my daughter!” he cried out. “You have completely destroyed me! You’ve brought disaster on me! For I have made a vow to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”

), his daughter’s mourning (v. Judges 11:37

KJV 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

NLT 37 But first let me do this one thing: Let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin.”

), and the impression made upon contemporaries (vs. Judges 11:37

KJV 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

NLT 37 But first let me do this one thing: Let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin.”

, Judges 11:40

KJV 40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

NLT 40 for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah’s daughter.

), require something entirely out of the ordinary, something more than a common burnt offering.

Verse 32

Judges 11:32

KJV 32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the Lord delivered them into his hands.

NLT 32 So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave him victory.

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Verse 33

Judges 11:33

KJV 33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

NLT 33 He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about twenty towns from Aroer to an area near Minnith and as far away as Abel-keramim. In this way Israel defeated the Ammonites.

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Aroer.

There were two cities by this name in Transjordan, one (see v. Judges 11:26

KJV 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?

NLT 26 “Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Heshbon and its surrounding settlements, all the way to Aroer and its settlements, and in all the towns along the Arnon River. Why have you made no effort to recover it before now?

) on the northern bank of the Amon, and another near Rabbath-ammon, in Ammonite territory (Joshua 13:25

KJV 25 And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah;

NLT 25 Their territory included Jazer, all the towns of Gilead, and half of the land of Ammon, as far as the town of Aroer just west of Rabbah.

). It is difficult to tell which city the writer intended here.

Minnith.

Mentioned in (Ezekiel 27:17

KJV 17 Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm.

NLT 17 Judah and Israel traded for your wares, offering wheat from Minnith, figs, honey, olive oil, and balm.

) as an exporter of wheat. Thought to have been near Heshbon.

Plain of the vineyards.

“Meadow of the vineyards” or a proper name. Abel-keramim (RSV). Eusebius puts it 7 Roman mi. from Philadelphia (Amman). An identification with Khirbet es-Sûk, south of Amman, remains uncertain.

Verse 34

Judges 11:34

KJV 34 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; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

NLT 34 When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter came out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. She was his one and only child; he had no other sons or daughters.

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To Mizpeh.

After having been invited back from exile to be the ruler in Gilead, Jephthah seems to have moved his family to Mizpeh and established his
residence there.

With timbrels.

It was the custom for women to greet their menfolk thus upon their victorious return from war (1 Samuel 18:6

KJV 6 And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.

NLT 6 When the victorious Israelite army was returning home after David had killed the Philistine, women from all the towns of Israel came out to meet King Saul. They sang and danced for joy with tambourines and cymbals.

; cf. Exodus 15:20

KJV 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

NLT 20 Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine and led all the women as they played their tambourines and danced.

). Evidently other women accompanied Jephthah’s daughter, playing small tambourines.

Only child.

The Hebrew is emphatic: “She only was an only child.” Jephthah’s family would become extinct in Israel, a thing that all Hebrews deplored.

Verse 35

Judges 11:35

KJV 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the Lord, and I cannot go back.

NLT 35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. “Oh, my daughter!” he cried out. “You have completely destroyed me! You’ve brought disaster on me! For I have made a vow to the Lord, and I cannot take it back.”

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He rent his clothes.

A usual custom among Hebrews for expressing extreme grief (Genesis 37:29

KJV 29 And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.

NLT 29 Some time later, Reuben returned to get Joseph out of the cistern. When he discovered that Joseph was missing, he tore his clothes in grief.

; 2 Samuel 13:19

KJV 19 And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.

NLT 19 But now Tamar tore her robe and put ashes on her head. And then, with her face in her hands, she went away crying.

; 2 Samuel 13:31

KJV 31 Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent.

NLT 31 The king got up, tore his robe, and threw himself on the ground. His advisers also tore their clothes in horror and sorrow.

; etc.).

Very low.

When Jephthah saw his daughter the full significance of his rash vow rendered him weak, crushed.

Trouble me.

This translation is far too weak. The word used here for “trouble,” ‘akar, designates unusual grief, anxiety, or distress. All of Jephthah’s life had been a continuous succession of strife and trouble. Now his own precious daughter becomes the one who brings him the most poignant grief of all.

Opened my mouth.

An expression used of making a vow (see Psalm 66:13-14

KJV 13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

NLT 13 Now I come to your Temple with burnt offerings to fulfill the vows I made to you — 14 yes, the sacred vows that I made when I was in deep trouble.

). To be binding, a vow had to be uttered (Numbers 30:2-3

KJV 2 If a man vow a vow unto the Lord, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. 3 If a woman also vow a vow unto the Lord, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth;

NLT 2 A man who makes a vow to the Lord or makes a pledge under oath must never break it. He must do exactly what he said he would do. 3 “If a young woman makes a vow to the Lord or a pledge under oath while she is still living at her father’s home,

, Numbers 30:7

KJV 7 And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand.

NLT 7 If her husband learns of her vow or pledge and does not object on the day he hears of it, her vows and pledges will stand.

; Deuteronomy 23:23

KJV 23 That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth.

NLT 23 But once you have voluntarily made a vow, be careful to fulfill your promise to the Lord your God.

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I cannot go back.

It was considered a terrible wrong to go back on such a serious
vow. There were two kinds of vows among the Hebrews—the simple vow, neder (Leviticus 27:2-27

KJV 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation. 3 And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. 4 And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. 5 And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 6 And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. 7 And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. 8 But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. 9 And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the Lord, all that any man giveth of such unto the Lord shall be holy. 10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. 11 And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the Lord, then he shall present the beast before the priest: 12 And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. 13 But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. 14 And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the Lord, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. 15 And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. 16 And if a man shall sanctify unto the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. 17 If he sanctify his field from the year of jubile, according to thy estimation it shall stand. 18 But if he sanctify his field after the jubile, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubile, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. 19 And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. 20 And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. 21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the Lord, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. 22 And if a man sanctify unto the Lord a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; 23 Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubile: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the Lord. 24 In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong. 25 And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. 26 Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the Lord's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the Lord's. 27 And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation.

NLT 2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate someone to the Lord by paying the value of that person, 3 here is the scale of values to be used. A man between the ages of twenty and sixty is valued at fifty shekels of silver, as measured by the sanctuary shekel. 4 A woman of that age is valued at thirty shekels of silver. 5 A boy between the ages of five and twenty is valued at twenty shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at ten shekels of silver. 6 A boy between the ages of one month and five years is valued at five shekels of silver; a girl of that age is valued at three shekels of silver. 7 A man older than sixty is valued at fifteen shekels of silver; a woman of that age is valued at ten shekels of silver. 8 If you desire to make such a vow but cannot afford to pay the required amount, take the person to the priest. He will determine the amount for you to pay based on what you can afford. 9 “If your vow involves giving an animal that is acceptable as an offering to the Lord, any gift to the Lord will be considered holy. 10 You may not exchange or substitute it for another animal — neither a good animal for a bad one nor a bad animal for a good one. But if you do exchange one animal for another, then both the original animal and its substitute will be considered holy. 11 If your vow involves an unclean animal — one that is not acceptable as an offering to the Lord — then you must bring the animal to the priest. 12 He will assess its value, and his assessment will be final, whether high or low. 13 If you want to buy back the animal, you must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. 14 “If someone dedicates a house to the Lord, the priest will come to assess its value. The priest’s assessment will be final, whether high or low. 15 If the person who dedicated the house wants to buy it back, he must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the house will again be his. 16 “If someone dedicates to the Lord a piece of his family property, its value will be assessed according to the amount of seed required to plant it — fifty shekels of silver for a field planted with five bushels of barley seed. 17 If the field is dedicated to the Lord in the Year of Jubilee, then the entire assessment will apply. 18 But if the field is dedicated after the Year of Jubilee, the priest will assess the land’s value in proportion to the number of years left until the next Year of Jubilee. Its assessed value is reduced each year. 19 If the person who dedicated the field wants to buy it back, he must pay the value set by the priest, plus 20 percent. Then the field will again be legally his. 20 But if he does not want to buy it back, and it is sold to someone else, the field can no longer be bought back. 21 When the field is released in the Year of Jubilee, it will be holy, a field specially set apart for the Lord. It will become the property of the priests. 22 “If someone dedicates to the Lord a field he has purchased but which is not part of his family property, 23 the priest will assess its value based on the number of years left until the next Year of Jubilee. On that day he must give the assessed value of the land as a sacred donation to the Lord. 24 In the Year of Jubilee the field must be returned to the person from whom he purchased it, the one who inherited it as family property. 25 (All the payments must be measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel, which equals twenty gerahs.) 26 “You may not dedicate a firstborn animal to the Lord, for the firstborn of your cattle, sheep, and goats already belong to him. 27 However, you may buy back the firstborn of a ceremonially unclean animal by paying the priest’s assessment of its worth, plus 20 percent. If you do not buy it back, the priest will sell it at its assessed value.

), and the “devotion” or “ban,” cherem. Anything devoted to God by the cherem was not redeemable, became “most holy” to Him, and was to be put to death (Leviticus 27:28-29

KJV 28 Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the Lord of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord. 29 None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death.

NLT 28 “However, anything specially set apart for the Lord — whether a person, an animal, or family property — must never be sold or bought back. Anything devoted in this way has been set apart as holy, and it belongs to the Lord. 29 No person specially set apart for destruction may be bought back. Such a person must be put to death.

; see on Leviticus 27:2

KJV 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the Lord by thy estimation.

NLT 2 “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. If anyone makes a special vow to dedicate someone to the Lord by paying the value of that person,

, Leviticus 2:28

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They are corrupt, they have "]}, {"chapter": 15, "type": "verse", "content": ["Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy "]}, {"chapter": 16, "type": "verse", "content": ["Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my "]}, {"chapter": 17, "type": "verse", "content": ["Hear the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, "]}, {"chapter": 18, "type": "verse", "content": ["I will love thee, O Lord, my "]}, {"chapter": 19, "type": "verse", "content": ["The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his "]}, {"chapter": 20, "type": "verse", "content": ["The Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the "]}, {"chapter": 21, "type": "verse", "content": ["The king shall joy in thy strength, O Lord; and "]}, {"chapter": 22, "type": "verse", "content": ["My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, "]}, {"chapter": 23, "type": "verse", "content": ["The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not "]}, {"chapter": 24, "type": "verse", "content": ["The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness "]}, {"chapter": 25, "type": "verse", "content": ["Unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my "]}, {"chapter": 26, "type": "verse", "content": ["Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine "]}, {"chapter": 27, "type": "verse", "content": ["The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom "]}, {"chapter": 28, "type": "verse", "content": ["Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not "]}, {"chapter": 29, "type": "verse", "content": ["Give unto the Lord, O ye mighty, give unto the "]}, {"chapter": 30, "type": "verse", "content": ["I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted "]}, {"chapter": 31, "type": "verse", "content": ["In thee, O Lord, do I put my trust; let me "]}, {"chapter": 32, "type": "verse", "content": ["Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is "]}, {"chapter": 33, "type": "verse", "content": ["Rejoice in the Lord, O ye righteous: for praise "]}, {"chapter": 34, "type": "verse", "content": ["I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise "]}, {"chapter": 35, "type": "verse", "content": ["Plead my cause, O Lord, with them that strive "]}, {"chapter": 36, "type": "verse", "content": ["The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of "]}, {"chapter": 37, "type": "verse", "content": ["Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the "]}, {"chapter": 38, "type": "verse", "content": ["O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot "]}, {"chapter": 39, "type": "verse", "content": ["I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep "]}, {"chapter": 40, "type": "verse", "content": ["I waited patiently for the Lord; and he "]}, {"chapter": 41, "type": "verse", "content": ["Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord, and greatly to be praised in "]}, {"chapter": 49, "type": "verse", "content": ["Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the "]}, {"chapter": 50, "type": "verse", "content": ["The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and "]}, {"chapter": 51, "type": "verse", "content": ["Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the "]}, {"chapter": 52, "type": "verse", "content": ["Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God "]}, {"chapter": 53, "type": "verse", "content": ["The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have "]}, {"chapter": 54, "type": "verse", "content": ["Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy "]}, {"chapter": 55, "type": "verse", "content": ["Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my "]}, {"chapter": 56, "type": "verse", "content": ["Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily "]}, {"chapter": 57, "type": "verse", "content": ["Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: "]}, {"chapter": 58, "type": "verse", "content": ["Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye "]}, {"chapter": 59, "type": "verse", "content": ["Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up "]}, {"chapter": 60, "type": "verse", "content": ["O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been "]}, {"chapter": 61, "type": "verse", "content": ["Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my "]}, {"chapter": 62, "type": "verse", "content": ["Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my "]}, {"chapter": 63, "type": "verse", "content": ["O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my "]}, {"chapter": 64, "type": "verse", "content": ["Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the "]}, {"chapter": 65, "type": "verse", "content": ["Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be "]}, {"chapter": 66, "type": "verse", "content": ["Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye "]}, {"chapter": 67, "type": "verse", "content": ["God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; "]}, {"chapter": 68, "type": "verse", "content": ["Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee "]}, {"chapter": 69, "type": "verse", "content": ["Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my "]}, {"chapter": 70, "type": "verse", "content": ["Make haste, o God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord, do I put my trust: let me "]}, {"chapter": 72, "type": "verse", "content": ["Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's "]}, {"chapter": 73, "type": "verse", "content": ["Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean "]}, {"chapter": 74, "type": "verse", "content": ["O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against "]}, {"chapter": 75, "type": "verse", "content": ["Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy "]}, {"chapter": 76, "type": "verse", "content": ["In Judah is God known: his name is great in "]}, {"chapter": 77, "type": "verse", "content": ["I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear "]}, {"chapter": 78, "type": "verse", "content": ["Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my "]}, {"chapter": 79, "type": "verse", "content": ["O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they "]}, {"chapter": 80, "type": "verse", "content": ["Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou "]}, {"chapter": 81, "type": "verse", "content": ["Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of "]}, {"chapter": 82, "type": "verse", "content": ["God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the "]}, {"chapter": 83, "type": "verse", "content": ["Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O "]}, {"chapter": 84, "type": "verse", "content": ["How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of "]}, {"chapter": 85, "type": "verse", "content": ["Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the "]}, {"chapter": 86, "type": "verse", "content": ["Bow down thine ear, O Lord, hear me: for I am "]}, {"chapter": 87, "type": "verse", "content": ["His foundation is in the holy "]}, {"chapter": 88, "type": "verse", "content": ["O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before "]}, {"chapter": 89, "type": "verse", "content": ["I will sing of the mercies of the Lord for "]}, {"chapter": 90, "type": "verse", "content": ["Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all "]}, {"chapter": 91, "type": "verse", "content": ["He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the "]}, {"chapter": 92, "type": "verse", "content": ["It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; "]}, {"chapter": 94, "type": "verse", "content": ["O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, "]}, {"chapter": 95, "type": "verse", "content": ["O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make "]}, {"chapter": 96, "type": "verse", "content": ["O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the "]}, {"chapter": 97, "type": "verse", "content": ["The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let "]}, {"chapter": 98, "type": "verse", "content": ["O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath "]}, {"chapter": 99, "type": "verse", "content": ["The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he "]}, {"chapter": 100, "type": "verse", "content": ["Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye "]}, {"chapter": 101, "type": "verse", "content": ["I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O Lord, and let my cry come "]}, {"chapter": 103, "type": "verse", "content": ["Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is "]}, {"chapter": 104, "type": "verse", "content": ["Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord; call upon his "]}, {"chapter": 106, "type": "verse", "content": ["Praise ye the Lord. O give thanks unto the "]}, {"chapter": 107, "type": "verse", "content": ["O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good: "]}, {"chapter": 108, "type": "verse", "content": ["O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my "]}, {"chapter": 109, "type": "verse", "content": ["Hold not thy peace, O God of my "]}, {"chapter": 110, "type": "verse", "content": ["The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my "]}, {"chapter": 111, "type": "verse", "content": ["Praise ye the Lord. I will praise the Lord. Blessed is the man that "]}, {"chapter": 113, "type": "verse", "content": ["Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of "]}, {"chapter": 114, "type": "verse", "content": ["When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange "]}, {"chapter": 115, "type": "verse", "content": ["Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy "]}, {"chapter": 116, "type": "verse", "content": ["I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice "]}, {"chapter": 117, "type": "verse", "content": ["O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, "]}, {"chapter": 118, "type": "verse", "content": ["O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: "]}, {"chapter": 119, "type": "verse", "content": ["Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord, and he "]}, {"chapter": 121, "type": "verse", "content": ["I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my "]}, {"chapter": 122, "type": "verse", "content": ["I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord who was on our "]}, {"chapter": 125, "type": "verse", "content": ["They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount "]}, {"chapter": 126, "type": "verse", "content": ["When the Lord turned again the captivity of "]}, {"chapter": 127, "type": "verse", "content": ["Except the Lord build the house, they labour in "]}, {"chapter": 128, "type": "verse", "content": ["Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; "]}, {"chapter": 129, "type": "verse", "content": ["Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now "]}, {"chapter": 130, "type": "verse", "content": ["Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord, all ye servants of "]}, {"chapter": 135, "type": "verse", "content": ["Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the "]}, {"chapter": 136, "type": "verse", "content": ["O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: "]}, {"chapter": 137, "type": "verse", "content": ["By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered "]}, {"chapter": 138, "type": "verse", "content": ["I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto "]}, {"chapter": 139, "type": "verse", "content": ["O lord, thou hast searched me, and known "]}, {"chapter": 140, "type": "verse", "content": ["Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: preserve "]}, {"chapter": 141, "type": "verse", "content": ["Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry "]}, {"chapter": 142, "type": "verse", "content": ["I cried unto the Lord with my voice; with my "]}, {"chapter": 143, "type": "verse", "content": ["Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my "]}, {"chapter": 144, "type": "verse", "content": ["Blessed be the Lord my strength which teacheth "]}, {"chapter": 145, "type": "verse", "content": ["I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and "]}, {"chapter": 146, "type": "verse", "content": ["Praise ye the Lord. Praise the Lord: for it is good to sing "]}, {"chapter": 148, "type": "verse", "content": ["Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord. Praise God in his "]}], "intro": false}, {"display": "Proverbs", "osis": "Prov", "testament": "OT", "num_chapters": 31, "chapters": [{"chapter": 1, "type": "verse", "content": ["The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of "]}, {"chapter": 2, "type": "verse", "content": ["My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with "]}, {"chapter": 3, "type": "verse", "content": ["My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my "]}, {"chapter": 4, "type": "verse", "content": ["Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know "]}, {"chapter": 5, "type": "verse", "content": ["My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my "]}, {"chapter": 6, "type": "verse", "content": ["My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a "]}, {"chapter": 7, "type": "verse", "content": ["My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with "]}, {"chapter": 8, "type": "verse", "content": ["Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her "]}, {"chapter": 9, "type": "verse", "content": ["Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven "]}, {"chapter": 10, "type": "verse", "content": ["The proverbs of Solomon. 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and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's "]}, {"chapter": 9, "type": "verse", "content": ["For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the "]}, {"chapter": 10, "type": "verse", "content": ["Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking "]}, {"chapter": 11, "type": "verse", "content": ["Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many "]}, {"chapter": 12, "type": "verse", "content": ["Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come "]}], "intro": false}, {"display": "Song of Solomon", "osis": "Song", "testament": "OT", "num_chapters": 8, "chapters": [{"chapter": 1, "type": "verse", "content": ["The song of songs, which is "]}, {"chapter": 2, "type": "verse", "content": ["I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the "]}, {"chapter": 3, "type": "verse", "content": ["By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found "]}, {"chapter": 4, "type": "verse", "content": ["Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes "]}, {"chapter": 5, "type": "verse", "content": ["I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with "]}, {"chapter": 6, "type": "verse", "content": ["Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved "]}, {"chapter": 7, "type": "verse", "content": ["How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy "]}, {"chapter": 8, "type": "verse", "content": ["O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I "]}], "intro": false}, {"display": "Isaiah", "osis": "Isa", "testament": "OT", "num_chapters": 66, "chapters": [{"chapter": 1, "type": "verse", "content": ["The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and "]}, {"chapter": 2, "type": "verse", "content": ["The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and "]}, {"chapter": 3, "type": "verse", "content": ["For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth "]}, {"chapter": 4, "type": "verse", "content": ["And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our "]}, {"chapter": 5, "type": "verse", "content": ["Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. "]}, {"chapter": 6, "type": "verse", "content": ["In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord said unto me, Take thee a "]}, {"chapter": 9, "type": "verse", "content": ["Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the "]}, {"chapter": 10, "type": "verse", "content": ["Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness "]}, {"chapter": 11, "type": "verse", "content": ["And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall "]}, {"chapter": 12, "type": "verse", "content": ["And in that day thou shalt say, O Lord, I will "]}, {"chapter": 13, "type": "verse", "content": ["The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did "]}, {"chapter": 14, "type": "verse", "content": ["For the Lord will have mercy on Jacob, and will "]}, {"chapter": 15, "type": "verse", "content": ["The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought "]}, {"chapter": 16, "type": "verse", "content": ["Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the "]}, {"chapter": 17, "type": "verse", "content": ["The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and "]}, {"chapter": 18, "type": "verse", "content": ["Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of "]}, {"chapter": 19, "type": "verse", "content": ["The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth "]}, {"chapter": 20, "type": "verse", "content": ["In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent "]}, {"chapter": 21, "type": "verse", "content": ["The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; "]}, {"chapter": 22, "type": "verse", "content": ["The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly "]}, {"chapter": 23, "type": "verse", "content": ["The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that "]}, {"chapter": 24, "type": "verse", "content": ["Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and "]}, {"chapter": 25, "type": "verse", "content": ["O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou "]}, {"chapter": 26, "type": "verse", "content": ["In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong "]}, {"chapter": 27, "type": "verse", "content": ["In that day the Lord with his sore and great "]}, {"chapter": 28, "type": "verse", "content": ["Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty "]}, {"chapter": 29, "type": "verse", "content": ["Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let "]}, {"chapter": 30, "type": "verse", "content": ["Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, "]}, {"chapter": 31, "type": "verse", "content": ["Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in "]}, {"chapter": 32, "type": "verse", "content": ["Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in "]}, {"chapter": 33, "type": "verse", "content": ["Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest "]}, {"chapter": 34, "type": "verse", "content": ["Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and "]}, {"chapter": 35, "type": "verse", "content": ["The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert "]}, {"chapter": 36, "type": "verse", "content": ["Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib "]}, {"chapter": 37, "type": "verse", "content": ["And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and "]}, {"chapter": 38, "type": "verse", "content": ["In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. 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NLT

). Jephthah’s vow was a neder. Despite its sacredness, the one who vows it is not under obligation to keep it if it binds him to perform a wrong act (see PP 506). Jephthah’s vow was contrary to the express command of the law and therefore was not binding. However he felt that it was binding, and though he had sworn to his own hint, he would not change.

Verse 36

Judges 11:36

KJV 36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the Lord, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the Lord hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

NLT 36 And she said, “Father, if you have made a vow to the Lord, you must do to me what you have vowed, for the Lord has given you a great victory over your enemies, the Ammonites.

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Commentary

She said unto him.

Her father’s anguish and the intent of his words enabled the daughter, with a woman’s quick presentiment, to discern immediately what the nature of the vow was. He needed not to tell her.

Lord hath taken vengeance.

Only dimly understanding the nature of God, she sincerely believed that the victory had been given because of her father’s vow, and that her sacrifice was an appropriate price to pay for such a victoiy.

Verse 37

Judges 11:37

KJV 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

NLT 37 But first let me do this one thing: Let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for two months, because I will die a virgin.”

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Commentary

Let me alone.

The fulfillment of vows could be postponed for a definite purpose.

Bewail my virginity.

The prospect of forfeiting the joy of wedding festivities or the pleasure of rearing children would be an especially bitter experience to a Hebrew maiden, particularly to one who was an only child. To Jephthah’s daughter it would mean that she and her father’s house would lose the hope of a share in the future glories of Israel.

Verse 38

Judges 11:38

KJV 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

NLT 38 “You may go,” Jephthah said. And he sent her away for two months. She and her friends went into the hills and wept because she would never have children.

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With her companions.

Her youthful friends, with whom she had often talked and dreamed of future marriage, now joined her in lamenting the sad fate that had befallen her.

Verse 39

Judges 11:39

KJV 39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

NLT 39 When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin. So it has become a custom in Israel

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Commentary

According to his vow.

This seems to imply that he offered her as a burnt offering, according to his vow (see on v. Judges 11:31

KJV 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.

NLT 31 I will give to the Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

). It has been suggested that the author of the book of Judges, with fine reserve, drew a veil over the tragic act of sacrifice.

On the other view that Jephthah did not offer up his daughter (see on v. Judges 11:31

KJV 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.

NLT 31 I will give to the Lord whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will sacrifice it as a burnt offering.”

) might be mentioned the following:

About 1200 a.d. Rabbi Kimchi, followed by many writers since, promulgated the view that Jephthah did not sacrifice his daughter. He said that the words “offer it up for a burnt offering” (v. 31) would apply only if whatever met Jephthah should be a sacrificial animal. He interpreted verse 39 to mean that Jephthah built his daughter a house where she was secluded from men the rest of her life, in sacred celibacy, in order that all her moments might be dedicated to the Lord, and that there the virgins of Israel went annually to visit her and bewail her fate.

Against this interpretation of Kimchi’s is the fact that the customs of that day knew nothing about treating women as nuns. Perpetual virginity and childlessness were looked upon as the greatest of misfortunes. There is no law, usage, or custom in all the OT that in the least intimates that a single woman was looked upon as the more holy, more the Lord’s, or more fully devoted to Him than a married woman. It was no part of the law of the priests or Nazirites. Deborah and Huldah, both prophetesses, are particularly mentioned as married women. Moreover, if the daughter were to remain unmarried in harmony with such an unknown custom, the case would not have been so tragic as it is portrayed here; neither would she have needed two months to bewail her virginity, for she would have had the rest of her life to do that. All Jewish and Christian interpreters up to the time of Kimchi held to the natural intent of the passage, namely, that Jephthah sacrificed his daughter as an offering to the Lord, a thing that Abraham almost did to his son Isaac under different circumstances.

She knew no man.

Or, “she had not known man.” See Genesis 24:16

KJV 16 And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.

NLT 16 Rebekah was very beautiful and old enough to be married, but she was still a virgin. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came up again.

for identical words in Hebrew.

It was a custom.

These words really belong with the following verse.

Verse 40

Judges 11:40

KJV 40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

NLT 40 for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah’s daughter.

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Commentary

To lament.

The marginal reading of the KJV gives “to talk with.” This marginal reading may reflect the thinking of those who believed that the daughter was not sacrificed, but kept apart in a seclusion which was broken only once a year when virgins in Israel could talk with her. The Hebrew verb, tanah, does not mean “to talk with.” Basically it means “to recount,” with the idea of talking about some event, hence “to commemorate,” “to celebrate.” The same verb is translated “rehearse” in Judges 5:11

KJV 11 They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the Lord go down to the gates.

NLT 11 Listen to the village musicians gathered at the watering holes. They recount the righteous victories of the Lord and the victories of his villagers in Israel. Then the people of the Lord marched down to the city gates.

. The Hebrew verb occurs only in these two passages in the Bible. The LXX translates
tanah “to lament.”