Judges 11:39 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

did with her according to his vow which he had vowed. He did not offer her as. burnt offering; for Jehovah could not accept th. t. Therefore Jephthah must have dedicated her to the LORD by. perpetual virginity. Such. vow was provided for in Leviticus 27. See note on Judges 11:31.

and she knew no man. This is conclusive. It has nothing to do with. sacrificial death, but it has to do with. dedicated life to Jehovah. Thus was Jephthah's vow fulfilled.

And it was. and it became.

Judges 11:39

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 customg in Israel,