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Judges 11:35-40

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35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me; for I have given my word to the LORD, and 1I cannot * take it back."
36 So she said to him, "My father, you have given your word to the LORD; 2do to me as you have said * *, since * the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the sons of Ammon."
37 She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone * two months, that I may go * to the mountains and weep because of 3my virginity, I and my companions."
38 Then he said, "Go." So he sent her away for two months; and she left with her companions, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.
39 At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her according to the vow which he had made; and she had no relations with a man. Thus it became a custom in Israel,
40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.
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Judges 11:35-40 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 11

This chapter gives an account of another judge of Israel, Jephthah, of his descent and character, Jud 11:1-3 of the call the elders of Gilead gave him to be their captain general, and lead out their forces against the Ammonites, and the agreement he made with them, Jud 11:4-11 of the message he sent to the children of Ammon, which brought on a dispute between him and them about the land Israel possessed on that side Jordan the Ammonites claimed; Israel's right to which Jephthah defended, and made it clearly to appear, hoping thereby to put an end to the quarrel without shedding of blood, Jud 11:12-27 but the children of Ammon not attending to what he said, he prepared to give them battle, and previous to it he made a vow, and then set forward and fought them, and got the victory over them, Jud 11:28-33 and the chapter concludes with the difficulties Jephthah was embarrassed with upon his return home, on account of his vow, and the performance of it, Jud 11:34-40.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 3

  • 1. Numbers 30:2; Ecclesiastes 5:4, 5
  • 2. Numbers 30:2
  • 3. Genesis 30:23; Luke 1:25

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Lit "opened my mouth"
  • [b]. Lit "opened your mouth"
  • [c]. Lit "according to what has proceeded from your mouth"
  • [d]. Lit "go and go down on"
  • [e]. Lit "knew no man"
  • [f]. Lit "recount;" ancient versions, "lament"
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