38"You may go," he said. And he let her go for two months. She and the girls went into the hills and wept because she would never marry.
38"You may go," he said. And he let her go for two months. She and the girls went into the hills and wept because she would never marry.
35 When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, "Oh! My daughter! You have made me miserable and wretched, because I have made a vow to the LORD that I cannot break."
36 "My father," she replied, "you have given your word to the LORD . Do to me just as you promised, now that the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.
37 But grant me this one request," she said. "Give me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends, because I will never marry."
38 "You may go," he said. And he let her go for two months. She and the girls went into the hills and wept because she would never marry.
39 After the two months, she returned to her father and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin. From this comes the Israelite custom
40 that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
11:38And he said, Go. And he sent her away [for] two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
11:38And he answered her: Go. And he sent her away for two months. And when she was gone with her comrades and companions, she mourned her virginity in the mountains.
11:38And 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.
11:38And 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.
11:38And 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.
11:38And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
11:38He said, |Go.| He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.
11:38And he saith, 'Go;' and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she weepeth for her virginity on the hills;
11:38And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains.