In judges, chapter 11, jephthah made a deal with god if he was victorious over the Ammonites, he would sacrifice the first person to greet him on his return, by burning them alive.
He did indeed win and upon his return, was gleefully greeted by his daughter. Sadly the news was not goid. He cooked her a couple of months later to satisfy this ghost they believed in.
God never said a word apparently but when Abraham prepared his son to be barbecued as a sacrifice, at the very last minute, somehow Abraham got an email from God who suggested he spare him.
Its a shame your merciful god didn't show the same compassion for jephthats daughter as ge did for Isaac. This is the stuff you teach little kids.
How can you be part of such horrific and wicked teachings of your filthy god? Is that where you get your morals from?
Simply show us the Book, Chapter and Verse where Jephthah's daughter was actually (literally) burnt alive as a human sacrifice. It does not exist. God despises human sacrifices as established in scripture. The sacrifice of offering children to idols carried a death sentence (Lev. 20:1-5). God not only declared that He never commanded such a sacrifice, but He also clearly, with no ambiguity had never thought about asking for such a sacrifice. He told the Hebrews to never worship in the ways of those who sacrificed humans at a burning alter. (Deut. 12:29-32)
What was actually being offered as a sacrifice due to Jephthah's vow was the end of his lineage. When Jephthah returned from battle after vowing to sacrifice the first thing to greet him as a burnt offering.....it was his "only child", his daughter. It's already established that human's cannot be offered as literal sacrifices, (God finds it to be an abomination, Deut.12) but they can be sacrificed in service to the Lord (This is how Samuel, the 1st born of Levite (1 Chron. 6:16,28) came to serve the Lord (1 Sam. 1:11).
Because she (Jephthah's daughter) was his first child she already belonged to the Lord, and could not be redeemed a second time (offer as a sacrifice) as she was already marked as "most holy" to the Lord (Lev. 27:28). Therefore both Jephthah and his daughter realized Jephthah's vow to the Lord was her "virginity" that was to be the payment for the illegal vow, she was bound to be a virgin the rest of her life as the ultimate payment to the Lord, this was to be her service to the Lord.
After a while Jephthah's daughter encouraged her father to keep his vow. She just asked for 2 months to bewail (grieve) her Virginity, "And he (Jephthah) said, Go. And he sent her away for two months, and she went with her companions and BEWAILED HER VIRIGINTY." -- Judges 11:38
She did not grieve over her short life, because her life was not coming to an end. When Jephthah fulfilled his vow to the Lord it is noted in scripture that she never had sexual relations with a man.
The scriptures detail what the price of the vow was, and it was not death at a burning alter (God never made this vow.......man did, to God it was a sin that cost Jephthah the end to his bloodline on earth). He had one child who was commanded by a holy vow to the Lord to be a virgin her entire life, as was the custom.
"AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE END OF 2 MONTHS, THAT SHE RETURNED TO 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." -- Judges 11:39
There is no mention of her ever losing her life because of her father's vow anywhere in scripture, nor is there any need to come to such a conclusion (God does not go back on His word........its man that often makes errors with his decision making that cause him to sin against the commandments of God). Its established that God despised such human sacrifices and had never even thought about commanding such as a burnt offering (Deut. 12:39-32)
As established to offer such carried a death sentence (Lev. 20:1-5). In essence.........Jephthah paid the ultimate price for his error in judgement..........His lineage was wiped from the face of the earth, just as was the lineage of the pagan's that actually committed such abominations.
Simply because a history is found to exist in the Holy Scriptures is not an indication that God approves of everything recorded in the Holy Scriptures. The Holy Bible contains.......the entire truth, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly, there are no skeletons hiding in any closets. There are many records in the Bible were man has sinned grievously against the righteous commandments of God. And God judges them righteously.
