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BIBLE WOMEN

LESSON 13

Of the Old Testament

The Jewish Age

The Exodus to the Coronation

396 Years; Ex 14 to 1 Sam 10

PERIOD OF CONQUEST

(Reverences in Judges)

 

JEPHTHAH’S DAUGHTER

1.      What was Jephthah’s rash vow (11:30-31)?

2.      Was he victorious in battle (11:32-33)?

3.      Tell how she came out to meet him, celebrating his victory (11:34)?

4.      How was her celebration turned into sorrow?

A.     How many children did Jephthah have (11:34)?

B.     How was he affected (11:35)?

C.    In her reply, how did she show love and obedience (11:36)?

D.    What was her request (11:37)?

E.     How long did she bewail her virginity (11:38)?

F.     What then was done unto her (11:39; 11:30-31; Gen. 22:1-10)?

G.    What custom then originated (11:40)?

5.      Remember that the Israelites made Jephthah ruler.

 

POINTS TO CONSIDER

1.      Read the Numbers 30—especially vs. 2; compare with Lev. 27:1-29.

2.      How was Jephthah’s vow different from the vow spoken of in these two readings?

3.      Was there a difference between keeping a vow of separation or dedication and being a Nazarite (Num. 6:1-21)?

4.      How was offering a burnt offering different?

5.      Was it sinful to offer human sacrifice (Jer. 19:4-6; 2 Kings 3:26-27)?

6.      What was the prophet’s cry against human sacrifices (Jer. 19:3-5)?

7.      What did Jephthah do with his daughter (11:31, 36, 39; Ecc. 5:1-7)?

A.     Why did she want to spend two months away from her parents?

B.     Why bewail her virginity?

C.    What is the significance of the statement, “she knew not a man?”

8.      Since she was his only daughter, Jephthah would have his name blotted out of Israel . How might this have affected him?

9.      How did his daughter place the victory of Israel over her own welfare (11:36b)?

10. What lesson can be learned here concerning obedience to parents?  Today, to what extent are children commanded to obey their parents (Eph. 6:1)?

11. What can be said for her sympathetic companions (11:38)?

12. As a man of faith, what was said of Jephthah (Heb. 11:32)?

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