"According to some commentators, among whom were Ḳimḥi and Levi b. Gershom, Jephthah only kept his daughter in seclusion. But in Targ. Yer. to Judges xi. 39 and the Midrash it is taken for granted that Jephthah immolated his daughter on the altar, which is regarded as a criminal act; for he might have applied to Phinehas to absolve him from his vow."
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Jephthah's daughter
Jephthah's daughter is a figure in the Hebrew Bible, whose story is recounted in the Book of Judges. The common reading of the story is that she was sacrificed as a burnt offering to God. Some commentators hold the view that she was not sacrificed, but forced to spend her life in seclusion.
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