>> Yes. He commanded Abraham to sacrifice Isaac.
Genesis 22:2 "And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of."
- http://www.ffrf.org/books/lfif/?t=contra
< STRONG True, he did order a human sacrifice for ONE person, but he even prevented it from actually happening.
And the whole point of requesting that from Abraham was to determine Abraham's faithfulness and obedience to God. It does not mean God commanded the rest of the Jews to sacrifice humans.
>> Yes. Since God ordered the first fruits to be given onto Himself.
Exodus 22:29 "For thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors; the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me."
- http://www.ffrf.org/books/lfif/?t=contra
< STRONG That does not mean to kill the firstborns!
Rather, firstborns were given to work in the temple dedicated to God.
>> Yes. For God ordered certain people to be given up to Himself... meaning death.
Judges 11:30-39 "And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hand, Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon . . . and the Lord delivered them into his hands. . . . And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: . . . And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed."II Samuel 21:8-14 "But the king [David] took the two sons of Rizpah . . . and the five sons of Michal . . . and he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the Lord: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest . . . And after that God was intreated for the land."
- http://www.ffrf.org/books/lfif/?t=contra
< You omitted certain things.
The people that were supposed to be given up to God were evil.
>> Yes. Since God offered Jesus as a sacrifice to Himself.
- Hebrews 10:10-12 " . . . we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ . . . But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God."
- I Corinthians 5:7 " . . . For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us."
< STRONG But that doesn't mean God commanded us to do the same.
The whole point of offering sacrifices was to take away separation (sin) from man and God. If Jesus did that once and for all (which He did), then there is no need to offer any more animal sacrifices, or perfect human sacrifice.
< STRONG No. He didn't command people to offer their child up as sacrifices in the same manner as animals. (Biblical)
Deuteronomy 12:31 "Thou shalt not do so unto the Lord thy God: for every abomination to the Lord, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods."
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