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
This verse comes from the tragic story of Jephthah, who made a rash vow to God that he would sacrifice whatever came out of his house first if God gave him victory in battle. When his only daughter came out to greet him with celebration, he was bound by his vow. In ancient Israel, dying unmarried and childless was considered especially tragic for a woman, as it meant her family line would end and she would have no children to care for her memory.
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