obtainc; and we know that Paul both made a vow himselfd, and united with others in services to which by a voluntary engagement they had bound themselvese. The vow of Jephthah has engaged the attention of learned men in all ages: but they are by no means agreed as to the import of it. We propose, I. To explain his vow— It must be confessed, that the Jewish writers in general, together with their great historian Josephus, were of opinion, that Jephthah offered his daughter to the Lord as a burnt-offering.