Judges 11:38

He said, “Go.” He sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.

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In The King James Version

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

In Context

37Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me. Leave me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.”

39At the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed. She was a virgin. It became a custom in Israel

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 8:13You who dwell in the gardens, with friends in attendance, let me hear your voice!

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:30-40

Jephthah's Vow. ( b. c. 1143.) 29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord , and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, 31 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… Read the whole commentary →

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