Judges - 11:38



38 He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.

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Explanation and meaning of Judges 11:38.

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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.
And he answered her: Go. And he sent her away for two months. And when she was gone with her comrades and companions, she mourned her virginity in the mountains.
And he saith, 'Go;' and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she weepeth for her virginity on the hills;
And he said, Go then. So he sent her away for two months; and she went with her friends to the mountains, weeping for her sad fate.
He said, 'Go.' He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and wept because of her virginity on the mountains.
And he answered her, "Go." And he released her for two months. And when she had departed with her friends and companions, she wept over her virginity in the hillsides.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he said, go,.... He granted her request at once:
and he sent her away for two months; as she desired:
and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains; for the space of two months: the Jewish commentators make mention of an allegorical exposition of a writer (i) of theirs, who by mountains understands the sanhedrim, to whom she proposed to go, who perhaps might find a way for the loosing of the vow; but it is a question whether there was such a court then in Israel; and had there been one, and either she or her father had applied to it, in this case the priests would have pointed out what was to be done, and especially if the vow had any regard to the sacrifice of his daughter; and even to her virginity, which he had no power to oblige her to; but the literal sense is no doubt to be followed.
(i) Tanchuma.

The father granted this request.

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