Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the two months being expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and she knew no man. From thence came a fashion in Israel, and a custom has been kept: did with. 2. We are expressly told that Jephthah was under the influence of the Spirit of God, which would effectually prevent him from embruing his hands in the blood of his own child. 3.He had it in his power to redeem his daughter, Leviticus 27:4 If a woman, thirty. 4. Besides, who was to perform the horrid rite? not Jephthah himself, who was no priest, and in whom it would have been most unnatural and inhuman; and the priests would certainly have dissuaded him from it. 5.The sacred historian informs us, that she bewailed her virginity, that she knew no man, and that the Israelitish women went yearly to comfort or lament with her. Judges 11:31 Whosoever shall first come forth out of the doors of my house, and shall meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, the same will I offer a holocaust to the Lord. Leviticus 27:28,29 Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be sold: neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord. . . . Deuteronomy 12:31 Thou shalt not do in like manner to the Lord thy God. For they have done to their gods all the abominations which the Lord abhorreth, offering their sons and daughters, and burning them with fire. Isaiah 66:3 He that sacrificeth an ox, is as if he slew a man: he that killeth a sheep in sacrifice, as if he should brain a dog: he that offereth an oblation, as if he should offer swine's blood; he that remembereth incense, as if he should bless an idol. All these things have they chosen in their ways, and their soul is delighted in their abominations. custom, or ordinance. Context Jephthah's Tragic Vow…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. 39And the two months being expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed, and she knew no man. From thence came a fashion in Israel, and a custom has been kept:40That, from year to year, the daughters of Israel assemble together, and lament the daughter of Jephte the Galaadite, for four days.… Cross References Judges 11:38 And 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. Judges 11:40 That, from year to year, the daughters of Israel assemble together, and lament the daughter of Jephte the Galaadite, for four days. Lexicon Afterמִקֵּ֣ץ ׀ (miq·qêṣ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7093: An extremity, after two שְׁנַ֣יִם (šə·na·yim) Number - md Strong's Hebrew 8147: Two (a cardinal number) months, חֳדָשִׁ֗ים (ḥo·ḏā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2320: The new moon, a month she returned וַתָּ֙שָׁב֙ (wat·tā·šāḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to her father, אָבִ֔יהָ (’ā·ḇî·hā) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1: Father and he did וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make to her לָ֔הּ (lāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew as he had vowed. נָדָ֑ר (nā·ḏār) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5087: To promise And she וְהִיא֙ (wə·hî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are had never לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no had relations יָדְעָ֣ה (yā·ḏə·‘āh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know with a man. אִ֔ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person So it has become וַתְּהִי־ (wat·tə·hî-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a custom חֹ֖ק (ḥōq) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2706: Something prescribed or owed, a statute in Israel בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (bə·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc Additional Translations After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in IsraelAnd it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew not man. And it was a custom in Israel, And it came to pass at the end of the two months that she returned to her father; and he performed upon her his vow which he vowed; and she knew no man: And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, and he performed on her the vow that he had vowed; and she had known no man. And it became a fixed custom in Israel, And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she had not known man. And it was a custom in Israel, And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, It happened at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she was a virgin. It was a custom in Israel, and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to her his vow which he hath vowed, and she knew not a man; and it is a statute in Israel: Jump to Previous Custom End Israel Israelite Months Oath Relations Statute Touched Turneth Virgin Vow VowedJump to Next Custom End Israel Israelite Months Oath Relations Statute Touched Turneth Virgin Vow VowedExternal Links Judges 11:39 NIVJudges 11:39 NLT Judges 11:39 ESV Judges 11:39 NASB Judges 11:39 ASV Judges 11:39 Bible Apps Judges 11:39 Biblia Paralela Judges 11:39 Chinese Bible Judges 11:39 French Bible Judges 11:39 German Bible Alphabetical: a according After and as At became comes CUSTOM did end father From had he her in Israel Israelite it made man months no of relations returned she the this Thus to two virgin vow vowed was which who with OT History: Judges 11:39 It happened at the end of two (Jd Judg. 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