Psalm 137:9

[chi pan]

I covered this on another thread. Jephthah did not kill his daughter.
http://scottthong.wordpress.com/2008/02/...ce-to-god/
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Cherry picking...sugar coating. What is the evidence that Jephthah did not kill his daughter? Or more specifically, what is your evidence? Just because someone wrote in his blog does not mean you have to take it as the absolute proof.

Did you not read it? It explains the passage. I'll just quote myself off another thread.

Ok, so I decided to do some deep searching into this passage and I found your answer. First, the term burnt offering he used was not a literal meaning. It refers to offering Something to God. Burnt meaning ascension. This term is used like this in 1 kings 10:5 and Ezekiel 40:26 as well (original Hebrew). When he said vow, he used the same word as was used in Leviticus 27 where it speaks of offering servents to the lord. What's other evidence of this? Well it's important to know that the vow was made in public, which means her daughter would catch word of this. What? She knew? Yes, so why would she do this? Because it wasn't refering to human sacrifice. And in judges 11:36-37 she knew what she must do to fulfill this. So back to the question of why. When someone is a sacrifice to God, they are considered sacred and cannot do work. One of the main jobs of women was to give birth and raise children. So she did this so she could remain a lifetime virgin living with her father and receive his inheritance. Interesting story.