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Judges 11:39 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" At 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 "

Judges 11:39

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37 Then 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.”

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.

39 At 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

40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

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Sirach 42:10

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"in her virginity, lest she should be defiled and be with child in her father’s house; when she has a husband, lest she should transgress; and when she is married, lest she should be barren."

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Deuteronomy 21:13

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"She shall take off the clothing of her captivity, and shall remain in your house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you shall go in to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife."

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Deuteronomy 22:19

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"They shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has given a bad name to a virgin of Israel. She shall be his wife. He may not put her away all his days."

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Judges 19:2

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"His concubine played the prostitute against him, and went away from him to her father’s house to Bethlehem Judah, and was there for four months."

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Numbers 30:3

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"“Also, when a woman vows a vow to the LORD and binds herself by a pledge, being in her father’s house, in her youth,"

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Esther 2:12

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"Now this was the time for a virgin to go into the king, when she had completed twelve months; for so are the days of purification fulfilled, six months while they are anointing themselves with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices and women’s purifications."

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Judges 11:1

"Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor. He was the son of a prostitute. Gilead became the father of Jephthah."

Judges 11:2

"Gilead’s wife bore him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You will not inherit in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”"

Judges 11:3

"Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Outlaws joined up with Jephthah, and they went out with him."

Judges 11:4

"After a while, the children of Ammon made war against Israel."

Judges 11:5

"When the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob."

Judges 11:6

"They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.”"

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