Nave's Entries
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=== JEPHTHAH === (A judge (leader, hero) of Israel) - Illegitimate, and therefore not entitled to inherit his father's property JDG 11:1, 2 - Escapes the violence of his half-brothers; lives in the land of Tob JDG 11:3 - Recalled from the land of Tob by the elders of Gilead JDG 11:5 - Made captain of the army JDG 11:5-11 - Made head of the land of Gilead JDG 11:7-11 - His message to the king of the Ammonites JDG 11:12-28 - Leads the army of Israel against the Ammonites JDG 11:29-33 - His rash vow concerning his daughter JDG 11:31, 34-40 - Falsely accused by the Ephraimites JDG 12:1 - Leads the army of the Gileadites against the Ephraimites JDG 12:4 - Leads Israel for six years, dies, and is buried in Gilead JDG 12:7 - Faith of HEB 11:32
NOTE: Nave's entry classifies 11:31, 34-40 explicitly under "rash vow" — an interpretive editorial choice reflecting the literal-sacrifice reading. This is Nave's interpretation, not Scripture's verdict.
=== VOWS === - Mosaic laws concerning LEV 23:37, 38; NUM 29:39 - Must be voluntary, see below - Must be performed, see below - Estimation of the redemption price of things offered in vows, to be made by the priest, according to age and sex of the person making the offering LEV 27:1-13 - The redemption price of the offering of real estate, to be valued by the priest LEV 27:14, 15; of a field LEV 27:16-25 - Edible things offered in, to be eaten the same day they were offered LEV 7:16-18 - Things offered in, to be brought to the tabernacle or temple DEU 12:6, 11, 17, 18, 26 - Belonged to the priests NUM 18:14
RASH VOWS: - By Jephthah, in consecration of his daughter as a sacrifice, if his campaign against the Ammonites were successful JDG 11:29-40 - The Israelites, to destroy the Benjamites JDG 21:5, 6; with 20:21
- Things forbidden to be offered in: Receipts of the whore and the price of a "dog" (male prostitute of a pagan shrine) DEU 23:18
- A minor, of himself MRK 7:11-13
UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO: GEN 28:20, 21; 31:13; LEV 5:4-13; 22:18-25; NUM 15:2-16; 30:1-16; DEU 23:18, 21-23; JOB 22:27; PSA 22:25; 50:14, 15; 56:12; 61:5, 8; 65:1; 66:13, 14; 76:11; 116:14-19; PRO 20:25; ECC 5:4-6; JON 2:9; NAM 1:15
INSTANCES OF: - Of Jacob: GEN 28:20-22 - Of the mother of Micah, in the dedication of silver for the making of an idol: JDG 17:2, 3 - Of Hannah, to consecrate to the Lord the child for which she prayed: 1SA 1:11; with 1:27, 28 - Of Elkanah: 1SA 1:21 - Of Absalom: 2SA 15:7, 8 - Of Job, not to entertain thoughts of fornication: JOB 31:1 - Of David: PSA 132:2 - Of Ananias and Sapphira, in the dedication of the proceeds of the sale of their land: ACT 5:1-11 - Of the Jews, to kill Paul: ACT 23:12-15 - Of Jephthah, and of the Israelites (see RASH VOWS, above)
See NAZARITE.
=== DEDICATION === - Law concerning dedicated things LEV 27; NUM 18:14; 1CH 26:26, 27 - Must be without blemish LEV 22:18-23; MAL 1:14 - Not redeemable LEV 27:28, 29 - Offering must be voluntary LEV 1:3; 22:19 - See OFFERINGS, VOWS - Of the tabernacle NUM 7 - Solomon's temple 1KI 8; 2CH 7:5 - Second temple EZR 6:16, 17 - Of the wall of Jerusalem NEH 12:27-43 - Of houses DEU 20:5 - Of Samuel by his mother 1SA 1:11, 22
OF SELF: - See CONSECRATION - For instances of liberality in dedicated things, see LIBERALITY - See FEAST OF DEDICATION JHN 10:22; 1KI 8:65; 2CH 7:8-10
IMPORTANT: Nave's entry for DEDICATION cross-references LEV 27:28, 29 as "Not redeemable" — which the user should note refers to the CHEREM category (Lev 27:28-29), NOT the ordinary neder category (Lev 27:1-8). The two are legally distinct. Jephthah vowed a neder, not a cherem.
=== VIRGIN === - Proofs of DEU 22:13-21 - Dowry of EXO 22:17 - Character of, to be protected DEU 22:17-21, 23, 24 - Betrothal of, a quasi-marriage DEU 22:23, 24 - Distinguishing apparel of 2SA 13:18 - A priest could marry only a LEV 21:14 - Mourn in the temple LAM 1:4; 2:10 - Virginity of, bewailed JDG 11:37-39 - Parable of the wise and foolish MAT 25:1-13 - Mother of Jesus was a ISA 7:14; MAT 1:23; LUK 1:27 - Advised by Paul not to marry 1CO 7
FIGURATIVE: - Of the body of Christ (the ekklesia) ISA 62:5; JER 14:17; 31:4, 13; 2CO 11:2 - Of personal purity 1CO 7:25, 37; REV 14:4
NOTE: Nave's heading "Virginity of, bewailed JDG 11:37-39" implicitly reads Jdg 11:37-39 as mourning-of-virginity — consistent with the living- dedication reading (the daughter mourns an enduring STATE, not impending death).
=== OATH === (A solemn qualification) - Used in solemnizing covenants. Numerous individual instances.
Key items for this study: - The elders of Gilead confirm their pledge to Jephthah by [oath] JDG 11:10 (establishes Jephthah's juridical legitimacy as judge) - The Israelites swear in Mizpeh JDG 21:5 (rash-oath Benjamite parallel)
NT on oath-ethics: - MAT 5:33-37 (Jesus — swear not at all) - JAS 5:12 (James — let yea be yea)
UNCLASSIFIED: EXO 20:7; 22:10, 11; LEV 6:2-5; 19:12; NUM 5:19-24; DEU 5:11; 6:13; 10:20; 1KI 8:31, 32; PSA 15:1, 2, 4; ECC 8:2; ISA 48:1; JER 4:2; 5:2, 7; 7:8, 9; 12:16; DAN 9:11; 12:7; HOS 4:15; MAT 23:18-22; 26:63; MRK 14:71; ACT 23:12-14; 2CO 1:23; GAL 1:20; HEB 6:16; REV 10:5, 6.
=== NAZARITE === - Law concerning NUM 6:1-21; JDG 13:5 - Character of LAM 4:7; AMO 2:11, 12
INSTANCES OF: - Samson JDG 13:5, 7; 16:17 - Samuel 1SA 1:11 - Rechabites JER 35 - John the Baptist MAT 11:18; LUK 1:15; 7:33
NOTE: The SAMUEL entry here establishes Samuel as a Nazarite by his mother's vow (1 Sam 1:11), confirming that the structural parallel to Hannah's vow = living consecration with Nazarite-style markers.
=== MOLECH === - Also called MOLOCH and MILCOM - An idol of the Ammonites ACT 7:43 - Worshiped by the wives of Solomon, and by Solomon 1KI 11:1-8 - Children sacrificed to: 2KI 23:10; JER 32:35; 2KI 16:3; 21:6; 2CH 28:3; ISA 57:5; JER 7:31; EZK 16:20, 21; 20:26, 31; 23:37, 39 - See LEV 18:21; 20:2-5
NOTE: Molech was the idol of AMMON specifically (Act 7:43; 1 Kgs 11:5 "Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites"). Jephthah was fighting Ammon (Jdg 11). If Jephthah had offered his daughter as a burnt offering, he would have been replicating the very abomination of the god of the enemy he had just defeated — a grotesque inversion that exacerbates the theological problem.
=== CONSECRATION === - Of Aaron: See AARON - Of priests: See PRIESTS - Of the altar: See ALTAR - Of the temple: See TEMPLE, DEDICATION OF - See also OFFERINGS
PERSONAL: PSA 51:17; MAT 13:44-46; ROM 6:13, 16, 19; 12:1; 2CO 8:5
CONDITIONAL: GEN 28:20-22; 2SA 15:7, 8 See DEDICATION, OFFERINGS.
INSTANCES OF: - Cain and Abel GEN 4:4-7 - Abraham, of Isaac GEN 22:9-12 [Akedah — arrested sacrifice] - Jephthah, of his daughter JDG 11:30, 31, 34-40 [contested] - Hannah, of Samuel 1SA 1:11, 24-28 [lifelong service] - David consecrates the water obtained by his valiant warriors 2SA 23:16 - Zichri, of himself 2CH 17:16
NOTE: Nave's editor groups Jephthah's daughter under CONSECRATION (not under SACRIFICE or OFFERING), placing her alongside Isaac (arrested) and Samuel (lifelong served). The editorial grouping suggests the daughter's case is MORE AT HOME in the consecration-dedication semantic domain than in the human-sacrifice domain.
=== HUMAN SACRIFICE === See OFFERING, HUMAN [redirect — not a separately listed entry]
=== BURNT OFFERING === See OFFERINGS, BURNT [redirect]
================================================================ CROSS-THEMATIC SYNTHESIS (for Focus Areas) ================================================================
Focus Area 1-3 (Grammar of vow) — Nave's JEPHTHAH + VOWS entries supply the verse list (Jdg 11:1-40; 12:1-7; Heb 11:32 for the man; Lev 27, Num 30, Deut 12, Ecc 5 for the legal framework; Gen 28:20, Num 21:2, 1 Sam 1:11, 2 Sam 15:7 for the vow-parallels).
Focus Area 4-5 (bethulim, tanah) — Nave's VIRGIN entry places "Virginity of, bewailed JDG 11:37-39" in the living-women's virginity category alongside Deut 22:13-21, Lev 21:14, Lam 1:4; 2:10 (virgins mourning in temple) — all LIVING-status references.
Focus Area 6 (neder vs cherem, redemption) — Nave's DEDICATION entry distinguishes Lev 27:1-25 redemption-mechanisms from Lev 27:28-29 cherem non-redemption. The vow-of-persons regulation (Lev 27:1-8) is under DEDICATION, not under cherem. Lev 27:1-13 places Jephthah's daughter-vow in the redeemable category by default.
Focus Area 7 (human-sacrifice prohibition) — Nave's MOLECH entry gathers the full prohibition-and-condemnation corpus: Lev 18:21; 20:2-5; 2 Kgs 23:10; Jer 32:35; 7:31; 2 Kgs 16:3; 21:6; Isa 57:5; Ezk 16:20, 21; 20:26, 31; 23:37, 39. The act Jephthah's literal reading would commit is explicitly the act of Molech worship that the Ammonites (his enemy) practiced.
Focus Area 8 (Hannah parallel) — Nave's NAZARITE + VOWS (Instances) + DEDICATION entries all cross-reference 1 Sam 1:11 as the structural dedication parallel.
Focus Area 9 (Spirit + Judges) — Nave's JEPHTHAH entry under "Leads the army of Israel against the Ammonites JDG 11:29-33" scopes the Spirit- inhabitation to the military campaign, not to the vow episode.
Focus Area 10 (Heb 11:32) — Nave's JEPHTHAH entry closes with "Faith of HEB 11:32" — ONE line. The faith-commendation is unadorned and does not specify vow or victory.