Friday, April 30, 2010

Today's Reading - April 30, 2010

Judges 11:1-12:15
John 1:1-28
Psalm 101:1-8
Proverbs 14:13-14


Question of the day: Did the Lord find the sacrifice of Jephthah daughter pleasing?

We have two opposing events in this passage: Jephthah making a vow to the Lord, and a human being sacrificed, with was strictly against God's law. The Bible makes no mention that God approved of this sacrifice, and in the passage after, we see that Jephthah proceeded to kill 42,000 fellow Israelites because they looked down on him. Even though Jephthah became a judge over Israel, it does not mean that he was not capable of doing evil.

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