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Article JEPHTHAH'S VOW CONSIDERED. ← Page 4 of 5 →
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Jephthah's Vow Considered.
consecrate by a solemn dedication . " " It comprehends , " says Dr . A . Clarke , " all those things which , when once devoted , might be redeemed at a certain price , according to the valuation of the priest . " 2 ndly—the D ~ in ( cherem ) " anything separated absolutely from its common condition , and devoted to Jehovah so as to be incapable of redemption . " " Those things vowed to God of which there remained no power of redemption ; they were most holi . e . —so absoluteldevoted to God
y , y , that they could neither be changed , alienated , or redeemed ; probably because no mental reservation had been made , as in the former case , may be supposed . On this ground the word was afterwards applied to the most solemn and awful kind of excommunication , meaning a person so entirely devoted to the stroke of vindictive justice as never to be capable of receiving pardon , and hence the word may be well applied in this sense to the Canadnites , the cup of whose iniquity was full , and
who were consigned , without reprieve , to final extermination . The "nj ( neder ) or vow in general , included either persons , beasts , or things , dedicated to Jehovah for pious uses , which , if it was a simple vow , was redeemable at a certain price . If the individual repented of his vow and wished to commute it , we find in the 27 th chapter of Leviticus , a complete scale of prices for the redemption of the vow , respecting the age and sex of the personsas well as the fitness or
un-, fitness of the beast for sacrifice , and so with the field , as to the time when it was sanctified , whether from or after the year of jubilee . " These , " as Dr . Hales observes , " were wise regulations to remedy rash vows . " Here , then , we shall again refer to the Hebrew Bible , and see in which of two terms Jephthah expresses himself . The original reads TO np \ i )' ' "FT }) Jephthah does not use the term Q ~) n ( cherem )
consequently , he did not devote his daughter to sacrifice , as some think ; and supposing we read the text of the vow according to our authorized version , yet as the vow was simply TU ( neder ) he might have redeemed her for thirty shekels of silver . The D "" in ( cherem ) or vow of devotement , was irredeemable , as we read in Levit . xxvii , 28— " Notwithstanding no devotement which a man shall devote unto the Lord , of all that he hath , both of man and beastand of the field of his possessionshall be sold or redeemed
, , , every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord . " Here we have three distinct subjects of devotement , to be applied to distinct uses . The man to be dedicated to the service of Jehovah , the cattle , if clean , such as oxen , sheep , goats , turtle-doves , or pigeons , to be sacrificed ; and if unclean , as camels , horses , asses , to be employed for carrying burdens in the service of the tabernacle or temple ; and the lands to be sacred property .
There was also another kind of devotement which was irredeemable , and follows the former , Levil . xxvii , 29— " None devoted , which shall be devoted of men , shall be redeemed ; but shall surely be put to death . " On examining this kind of devotement we find , 1 st—That it was restricted to persons devoted , saying nothing about beasts ; 2 ndly—It does not relate to private property ; 3 rd—The subject of it was to be utterly destroyed , instead of being most holy unto Jehovah . The declaration then , in this verse , related to aliens or public enemies devoted to destruction , either by Jehovah himself , the people , or by the magistrate . Of all these we have instances in scripture .
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Jephthah's Vow Considered.
consecrate by a solemn dedication . " " It comprehends , " says Dr . A . Clarke , " all those things which , when once devoted , might be redeemed at a certain price , according to the valuation of the priest . " 2 ndly—the D ~ in ( cherem ) " anything separated absolutely from its common condition , and devoted to Jehovah so as to be incapable of redemption . " " Those things vowed to God of which there remained no power of redemption ; they were most holi . e . —so absoluteldevoted to God
y , y , that they could neither be changed , alienated , or redeemed ; probably because no mental reservation had been made , as in the former case , may be supposed . On this ground the word was afterwards applied to the most solemn and awful kind of excommunication , meaning a person so entirely devoted to the stroke of vindictive justice as never to be capable of receiving pardon , and hence the word may be well applied in this sense to the Canadnites , the cup of whose iniquity was full , and
who were consigned , without reprieve , to final extermination . The "nj ( neder ) or vow in general , included either persons , beasts , or things , dedicated to Jehovah for pious uses , which , if it was a simple vow , was redeemable at a certain price . If the individual repented of his vow and wished to commute it , we find in the 27 th chapter of Leviticus , a complete scale of prices for the redemption of the vow , respecting the age and sex of the personsas well as the fitness or
un-, fitness of the beast for sacrifice , and so with the field , as to the time when it was sanctified , whether from or after the year of jubilee . " These , " as Dr . Hales observes , " were wise regulations to remedy rash vows . " Here , then , we shall again refer to the Hebrew Bible , and see in which of two terms Jephthah expresses himself . The original reads TO np \ i )' ' "FT }) Jephthah does not use the term Q ~) n ( cherem )
consequently , he did not devote his daughter to sacrifice , as some think ; and supposing we read the text of the vow according to our authorized version , yet as the vow was simply TU ( neder ) he might have redeemed her for thirty shekels of silver . The D "" in ( cherem ) or vow of devotement , was irredeemable , as we read in Levit . xxvii , 28— " Notwithstanding no devotement which a man shall devote unto the Lord , of all that he hath , both of man and beastand of the field of his possessionshall be sold or redeemed
, , , every devoted thing is most holy unto the Lord . " Here we have three distinct subjects of devotement , to be applied to distinct uses . The man to be dedicated to the service of Jehovah , the cattle , if clean , such as oxen , sheep , goats , turtle-doves , or pigeons , to be sacrificed ; and if unclean , as camels , horses , asses , to be employed for carrying burdens in the service of the tabernacle or temple ; and the lands to be sacred property .
There was also another kind of devotement which was irredeemable , and follows the former , Levil . xxvii , 29— " None devoted , which shall be devoted of men , shall be redeemed ; but shall surely be put to death . " On examining this kind of devotement we find , 1 st—That it was restricted to persons devoted , saying nothing about beasts ; 2 ndly—It does not relate to private property ; 3 rd—The subject of it was to be utterly destroyed , instead of being most holy unto Jehovah . The declaration then , in this verse , related to aliens or public enemies devoted to destruction , either by Jehovah himself , the people , or by the magistrate . Of all these we have instances in scripture .