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Subject: Human offering and the Jephthah enigma

oregirl 19.01.12 - 06:05pm
it was forbidden in the Bible 2 scarifice ur sons and daughters. Bt once u make a vow to God u have to stick to it. I wana know why God excepted it tho. Since it was against his own word * +

bozzalad 19.01.12 - 06:05pm
in the blue ridged mountains * +

purest1 19.01.12 - 07:20pm
Indeed @oregirl. But generally I think whereas sacrifices required kosher animals, devoting something to God allowed for anything of great value to you to be given up to God. If you go through that Leviticus passage I gave you'll see that several precious things from animals, fields and even humans could be devoted to God. What's interesting is verse 29 which rules that a human devoted in this special way can't be gotten back but 'must surely be put to death'. Jephthah probably made his vow * +

purest1 19.01.12 - 07:21pm
with these regulations in mind. * +

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