Old Testament · VERSE 40

Judges 11:40

King James Version

That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

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Judges 11:36

And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

Judges 11:37

And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

Judges 11:38

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

Judges 11:39

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 no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

Judges 11:40SELECTED VERSE

That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

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