Judges 11:31
Good News Translation
I will burn as an offering the first person that comes out of my house to meet me, when I come back from the victory. I will offer that person to you as a sacrifice."

New Revised Standard Version
then whoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the LORD’s, to be offered up by me as a burnt offering.”

Contemporary English Version
and come home safely, I will sacrifice to you whoever comes out to meet me first."

New American Bible
“whoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return from the Ammonites in peace shall belong to the LORD. I shall offer him up as a burnt offering.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will I offer a holocaust to the Lord.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will I offer a holocaust to the Lord.

whatsoever.

Leviticus 27:2,3,28,29 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: The man that shall have made a vow, and promised his soul to God, shall give the price according to estimation. . . .

1 Samuel 1:11,28 And she made a vow, saying: O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt look down, and wilt be mindful of me, and not forget thy handmaid, and wilt give to thy servant a manchild: I will give him to the Lord all the days of his life, and no razor shall come upon his head. . . .

1 Samuel 2:18 But Samuel ministered before the face of the Lord: being a child girded with a linen ephod.

1 Samuel 14:24,44 And the men of Israel were joined together that day: and Saul adjured the people, saying: Cursed be the man that shall eat food till evening, till I be revenged of my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. . . .

Psalm 66:13,14 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, . . .

and I will.

Leviticus 27:11,12 An unclean beast, which cannot be sacrificed to the Lord, if any man shall vow, shall be brought before the priest: . . .

Deuteronomy 23:18 Thou shalt not offer the hire of a strumpet, nor the price of a dog, in the house of the Lord thy God, whatsoever it be that thou hast vowed: because both these are an abomination to the Lord thy God.

Psalm 66:13 I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,

Isaiah 66:3 He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations.

Context
Jephthah's Tragic Vow
30He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, 31Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will I offer a holocaust to the Lord.32And Jephte passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them: and the Lord delivered them into his hands.…
Cross References
Genesis 28:21
And I shall return prosperously to my father's house: the Lord shall be my God:

Judges 11:30
He made a vow to the Lord, saying: If thou wilt deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,

Judges 11:32
And Jephte passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them: and the Lord delivered them into his hands.

Judges 11:30
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