11-24-2014- A VOW KILLED A DAUGHTER
JUDGEA 11: 30-40 =
(30) AND JEPH'THAH VOWED A VOW TO THE LORD AND SAID, IF YOU SHALL WITHOUT FAIL DELIVER THE CHILDREN OF AMMON INTO MY HANDS,
(31) THEN IT SHALL BE, THAY WHATSOEVER COMES FORTH OF THE DOORS OF MY HOUSE TO MEET ME, WHEN I RETURN IN PEACE FROM THE CHILDREN OF AMMON, SHALL SURELY BE THE LORDS AND I WILL OFFER IT UP FOR A BURNT OFFERING.
(32) SO JEPH'THAH PASSED OVER TO THE CHILDREN OF AMMON TO FIGHT AGAINST THEM; AND THE LORD DELIVERED THEM INTO HIS HANDS.
(33) AND HE DEFEATED THEM FROM AROER EVEN UNTIL YOU COME TO MINNITH, EVEN TWENTY CITIES AND UNTO THE PLAIN OF THE VINEYARDS, WITH A VERY GREAT SLAUGHTER. THUS THE CHIDREN OF AMMON WERE SUBDUED BEFORE THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
(34) AND JEPH'THAH CAME TO MIZEPH TO HIS HOUSE AND BEHOLD, HIS DAUGHTER CAME OUT TO MEET HIM WITH TIMBRELS AND WITH DANCES: AND SHE WAS HIS ONLY CHILD; BESIDE HER, HE HAD NEITHER SON, NOR DAUGHTER.
(35) AND IT CAME TO PASS, WHEN HE SAW HER, THAT HE TORE IN REGRET HIS CLOTHES AND SAID, ALAS MY DAUGHTER! YOU HAVE BROUGHT ME VERY LOW AND YOU ARE ONE OF THEM THAT TROUBLE ME; FOR I HAVE OPENED MY MOUTH TO THE LORD AND I CANNOT GO BACK.
(36) AND SHE SAID TO HIM, MY FATHER IF YOU HAVE OPENED YOUR MOUTH TO THE LORD, DO TO ME ACCORDING TO THAT WHICH PROCEEDED OUT OF YOUR MOUTH; FOR ASMUCH AS THE LORD HAS TAKEN VENGENANCE FOR YOU OF YOUR ENEMIES, EVEN THE CHILDREN OF AMMON.
(37) AND SHE SAID TO HER FATHER, LET THIS THING BE DONE FOR ME: LET ME ALONE FOR TWO MONTHS, THAT I MAY GO UP AND DOWN THE MOUNTAINS AND LAMENT MY VIRGINITY, I AND MY COMPANIONS.
(38) AND HE SAID, GO. AND HE SENT HER AWAY FOR TWO MONTHS: AND SHE WENT WITH HER COMPANIONS AND BEWAILED HER VIRGINITY UPON THE MOUNTAINS.
(39) AND IT CAME TO PASS AT THE END OF TWO 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,
(40) THAT THE DAUGHTERS OF ISRAEL WENT YEARLY TO LAMENT THE DAUGHTER OF JEPH'THAH, THE GILEADITE FOUR DAYS A YEAR.
"REMARKS"
THIS IS AS SAD A STORY IN THE BIBLE EXCEPT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WON'T BELIEVE THAT JESUS, YAH'SHUA, IS THE SON OF YAH'WEH, AND WHO GAVE HIS LIFE BLOOD TO TAKE AWAY THE SINS OF MANY, SO THEY MAY LIVE FOREVER AND NOT BE DESTROYED IN THE LAKE OF FIRE.
THERE ARE MANY LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THIS STORY.
FIRST, IS TO WATCH YOUR MOUTH AND WHAT YOU SAY. EVERY IDLE WORD WE SPEAK IS RECORDED AND WILL BE HELD AGAINST US AT JUDGMENT DAY.
THE MOUTH , TONGUE, IS A FIRE THAT DEFILES THE WHOLE BODY AND SETS ON FIRE THE COURSE OF NATURE: AND IT IS SET ON FIRE OF HELL. JAMES 3: 6
ALSO, WE ARE COMMANDED LET OUR WORDS BE LITTLE WHILE ON EARTH BECAUSE YAH'WEH, IS IN HEAVEN.
ECCLESIASTES: 5: 2 = BE NOT RASH WITH YOUR MOUTH, AND LET NOT YOUR HEART BE HASTY TO UTTER ANYTHING BEFORE YAHWEH: FOR YAHWEH IS IN HEAVEN AND YOU ARE UPON EARTH: THEREFORE LET YOUR WORDS BE FEW.
BOY IS THAT TRUE! I NEED THAT SAME CORRECTION AS MUCH AS WE ALL SHOULD WATCH OUR MOUTHS AND SPEAK LESS.
SECOND WHEN YOU MAKE A VOW IT IS A SERIOUS WORD IN YAH'WEHS, EARS AND HE WILL HOLD THOSE RESPONSIBLE ON JUDGMENT DAY.
ECCLESIASTES 5: 4-6 =
(4) WHEN YOU VOW A VOW TO YAHWEH , DEFER NOT TO PAY IT; FOR HE, YAHWEH, HAS NO PLEASURE IN FOOLS: PAY THAT YOU HAVE VOWED.
(5)BETTER IT IS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT VOW, THAN THAT YOU SHOULD'NT VOW AND NOT PAY.
(6) ALLOW NOT YOUR MOUTH TO CAUSE YOUR FLESH TO SIN; NEITHER SAY YOU BEFORE THE ANGEL, THAT IT WAS AN ERROR: WHEREFORE SHOULD GOD BE ANGRY AT YOUR VOICE AND DESTROY THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS?
WELL THAT SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR YOU TO BE WARNED, STOP SPEAKING SO MUCH AND LISTEN MORE.
YAH'WEH, GAVE US TWO EARS AND ONE MOUTH, WHICH SHOULD HELP US TO UNDERSTAND, SHUT UP AND LISTEN!
IN CLOSING, LET ME SAY, I WOULD HAVE TO THINK THAT THIS MAN JEPH'THAH HAD SOME KIND OF ANIMAL THAT ALWAYS WAS THE FIRST TO WELCOME HIM HOME LIKE A CAT, OR A DOG, OR A DONKEY, OR ANYTHING ELSE BUT HIS DAUGHTER, OR ANY HUMAN BEING. IT HAS TO BE HIS THINKING BECAUSE NOT ONLY WOULD HE NOT WANT TO KILL ANY PERSON AND KNOWING YAH'WEH, HATES CHILD SACRIFICE.