The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Yahweh shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do.
". . . where is God in this complex process of engaging Jephthah? Far from playing the decisive role, as he had in the provision of all the other judges, God is relegated to the role of silent witness to a purely human contract between a desperate people and an ambitious candidate." [Note: Block, Judges . . ., p. 356.] 