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Judges 11:38

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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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Judges 11:38 in other translations

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

Judges 11:38 · American Standard Version

Judges 11:38 in context

  1. 36She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.”
  2. 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.”
  3. 38He said, “Go.” He sent her away for two months; and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.
  4. 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
  5. 40that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.