And he [God] 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. ([Gen. 22 : 2].)
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, 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 to fight against them; 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.... And he sent her away for two months; and she went with her companions and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. And it came to pass at the end of two months that she returned unto her father, who did according to his vow which he had vowed. ([Judges 11 : 30, 31, 32, 34, 38, 39].)
God Tempts No Man.
Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. ([James 1 : 13].)
God Does Tempt Men.
And it came to pass after these things that God did tempt Abraham. ([Gen. 22 : 1].)
And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go number Israel and Judah. ([2 Sam. 24 : 1].)
And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and escheweth evil? And still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. (Job. 2 : 3.)
O Lord, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived, [marginal reading, enticed.] ([Jer. 20 : 7].)