Did Jephthah Really Sacrifice His Daughter? Part 3

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We spent two posts thinking about the wild story of Jephthah’s sacrifice. In the first, I argued that the natural reading of Judges 11 would lead us to conclude that Israel’s judge actually offered his daughter as a burnt offering to the Lord. But not every interpreter thinks that happened. So, in the second, I examined five objections to this traditional reading, and I gave feedback to show that the traditional reading remains the best explanation of what we see in Judges 11.

In this third post on Jephthah’s sacrifice, let’s dig a little deeper.