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.
And she said to her father, 'Please do this one thing for me: give me two months to go into the mountains with my friends, where I can grieve that I will never marry or have children.'
Jephthah's daughter asks for two months to mourn with her friends that she will die unmarried and childless before her father fulfills his vow.
📚 Historical Context
In the book of Judges, which describes the era of Israel's history when the nation was governed by judges rather than kings, Jephthah was a military leader who made a rash vow to God promising to sacrifice the first thing that came out of his house if he won the battle against the Ammonites. Tragically, his daughter emerged first to greet him, and in Judges 11:37, she requests two months to roam the mountains and mourn her unmarried state, reflecting the cultural emphasis on family lineage and purity in ancient Israelite society.
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