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Originally Posted by MC1171611
Well if the sacrifice that Jepthah made was an abomination, don't you think God would have killed him like He did anyone else who committed abominations? The man made a promise to God and fulfilled it at a great personal sacrifice and it seems from Scripture that God honored it.
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Sheesh. Show me where God solicited, required, or honored Jephthah's foolish and hasty vow. I don't think he honored that any more than he honored all of the crazy stuff Samson did.
Deuteronomy 12:31 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.
The book of Judges (and quite a few others) are full of people doing things that aren't explicitly punished or resolved by God in Scripture. There is nothing in the passage to indicate that God "honored" what Jephthah did.