The Spirit of the Lord] cp. 7:34. In Judges 11:11 Jephthah and all the people are already at Mizpeh. If these words stand in the right place, they must refer to further journeys taken by Jephthah to rouse the whole people, previous to attacking the Ammonites.

30, 31. Cp. the vows of Jacob (Genesis 28:20), Hannah (1 Samuel 1:11), Absalom (2 Samuel 15:8). Whatsoever] RM 'whosoever.' Who would have been more likely to come out to meet the returning captain than his only daughter? Mesha, king of Moab, sacrificed his eldest son in the stress of a siege (2 Kings 3:27), and that the rite of child-sacrifice was not unknown in Israel is shown by 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 21:6; Jeremiah 7:31; Ezekiel 16:20; Ezekiel 20:26; Micah 6:7, etc. Cp. also Genesis 22.

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