Category: Promises

Jephthah’s Vow

“A mighty man of valor” (Judges 11:1) by the name of Jephthah made a vow to God.  Specifically he said, “If You will indeed deliver the people of Ammon into my hands, then it will be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the people of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord’s, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering” (Judges 11:30b-31; ...

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