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Judges 11:39
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39 After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin.[a] Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel.[b]

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  1. Judges 11:39 tn Heb “She had never known a man.” Some understand this to mean that her father committed her to a life of celibacy, but the disjunctive clause (note the vav + subject + verb pattern) more likely describes her condition at the time the vow was fulfilled. (See G. F. Moore, Judges [ICC], 302-3; C. F. Burney, Judges, 324.) She died a virgin and never experienced the joys of marriage and motherhood.
  2. Judges 11:39 tn Heb “There was a custom in Israel.”
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