Description:
Unframed, colored sand/sandpaper/pastel depicting Jephthah's Rash Vow. Jephthah's Rash Vow is a story found in the Old Testament Book of Judges, chapters 11–12. On behalf of Israel as a whole and in reliance on the might of God the Judge, Jephthah challenges and defeats the Ammonites. Jephthah swears an oath: ". . . and whatever [Or whoever] comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites shall be the LORD's, and I will offer it [Or him] up for a burnt offering. Judges 11:31, English Standard Version. The victorious Jephthah is met on his return by his daughter, his only child. Jephthah tears his clothes and cries, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low!" but is bound by his vow: "I have opened my mouth to the Lord, and I cannot take back my vow" (Judges 11:35). The girl asks for two months' grace, "...that I may go up and down on the mountains and weep for my virginity" (Judges 11:37). And so Jephthah "did with her according to his vow that he had made" (Judges 11:39). The story ends by recounting how "the daughters of Israel went year by year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year" (Judges 11:40). Former collection of Amherst, Massachusetts, collector D.H. Jones.
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