...Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, f thou shall without fail deliver the children of Ammon nto mine hands, Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh...doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace 9 from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-oflering....

...vow nnto the Lord, and said, Г thou sbull without fail deliver the children of Ammon Qto mine htmds, Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my honse to meet me, when I return in peace 9 from the children of Ammon, shall surd y be the Lord's,...

...Ammon into mine bands, 31 Then it shall he, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my huiise ve, and alter that they go to the dead. 4 II For to him that i •hall surely he the LORD'S, and I will offer it up for a burnt- offering. 32 1Г So Jephthah passed...

...render him successful against the enemy. " And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into...children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD'S, and ( or) I will offer it up for a burnt offering."* * The marginal translation of this passage is, " OR...

...vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hand, then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of...surely be the Lord's : and I will offer it up for a burnt offering-," Judg. xi. 30, 31. In the margin of the Bible it is rendered, or I will offer it up...

...For (1st.) the language of the vow leads to this conclusion : " it shall be (verse 31) that whosoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammoii, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burntoffering." The same word, " a...

...31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth [Heb., that which cometh forth, which shall come forth] of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children, of Amnion, shall surely be the LORD'S, and [or, or I will offer it, &c.] I will offer it up for a burnt...

...the children of Ammon into my hand, then it shall be that whatsoever comet h out of the doors of mi/ house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall either be the Lord's, or I will offer it up (for) a burnt-oferiiig,' Judg. xi. 30, 31. According to...

...of the person to whom the sacrifice was to be made. With this emendation the passage will read thus: Whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me — shall be the Lord's ; and I will offer HIM a burntoffering." For this criticism there is no absolute...

...brought himself into trouble by his rashness ; as " he vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said : If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, then it shall be, whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to me, when I return in peace from the children of...