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Text -- Judges 11:37-40 (NET)
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11:37 She then said to her father , “Please grant me this one wish . For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity .”
11:38 He said , “You may go .” He permitted her to leave for two months . She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills .
11:39 After two months she returned to her father , and he did to her as he had vowed . She died a virgin . Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel .
11:40 Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Vows |
Jephthah |
Consecration |
Gilead |
God |
Israel |
Judge |
JUDGES, PERIOD OF |
GOD, 2 |
ISRAEL, HISTORY OF, 2 |
ISRAEL, RELIGION OF, 2 |
Virgin |
Zeal |
Rashness |
FELLOW |
VIRGIN, VIRGINITY |
Women |
Marriage |
SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 |
BEWAIL |
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