Verse 34
Judges 11:34
World English Bible, British Edition
34
Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter
came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child. Besides her he had neither
son nor daughter.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֨א יִפְתָּ֣ח הַ/מִּצְפָּה֮ אֶל בֵּית/וֹ֒ וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה בִתּ/וֹ֙ יֹצֵ֣את לִ/קְרָאת֔/וֹ בְ/תֻפִּ֖ים וּ/בִ/מְחֹל֑וֹת וְ/רַק֙ הִ֣יא יְחִידָ֔ה אֵֽין ל֥/וֹ מִמֶּ֛/נּוּ בֵּ֖ן אוֹ בַֽת
English Translation
And Jephthah came to Mishpah to his house, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; and she was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
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Chapter 11 Context
1
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour. He was the son of
a prostitute. Gilead became...
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2
Gilead’s wife bore him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they drove
Jephthah out and said to him,...
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3
Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Outlaws
joined up with Jephthah,...
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4
After a while, the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
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5
When the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead
went to get Jephthah out of...
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6
They said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief, that we may fight with
the children of Ammon.”
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7
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Didn’t you hate me, and
drive me out of my father’s house? W...
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8
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Therefore we have turned
again to you now, that you may go w...
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9
Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again
to fight with the children of Amm...
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10
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD will be witness
between us. Surely we will do what...
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11
Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people
made him head and chief over them. Jeph...
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12
Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon,
saying, “What do you have to do with...
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13
The king of the children of Ammon answered the messengers of
Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my...
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14
Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of
Ammon;
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15
and he said to him, “Jephthah says: Israel didn’t take away the land
of Moab, nor the land of the ch...
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16
but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness
to the Red Sea, and came to...
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17
then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let
me pass through your land;’ but...
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18
Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of
Edom, and the land of Moab, and c...
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19
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon;
and Israel said to him, ‘...
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20
But Sihon didn’t trust Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon
gathered all his people together...
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21
The LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into
the hand of Israel, an...
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22
They possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even
to the Jabbok, and from the wilde...
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23
So now the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from
before his people Is...
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24
Won’t you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess?
So whoever the LORD our God (Elo...
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25
Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab?
Did he ever strive against I...
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26
Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns,
and in all the cities that are al...
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27
Therefore I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war
against me. May The LORD the Jud...
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28
However, the king of the children of Ammon didn’t listen to
the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
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29
Then the LORD’s Spirit came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead
and Manasseh, and passed over Miz...
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30
Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, “If you will indeed
deliver the children of Ammon into m...
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31
then it shall be, that whatever comes out of the doors of my house
to meet me when I return in peace...
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32
So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against
them; and the LORD delivered them...
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33
He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities,
and to Abelcheramim, with a...
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34
Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter
came out to meet him with tambourines...
35
When he saw her, he tore his clothes, and said, “Alas, my daughter!
You have brought me very low, an...
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36
She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to the
LORD; do to me according to that whic...
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37
Then she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me. Leave
me alone two months, that I may d...
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38
He said, “Go.” He sent her away for two months; and she departed,
she and her companions, and mourne...
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39
At the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with
her according to his vow which he...
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40
that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter
of Jephthah the Gileadite four da...
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