"So in the story of Jephthah the Lord had given Jephthah victory in battle and because of this, Jephthah promised the Lord that he would sacrifice the first thing that came out of his door when he came home as a burnt offering which happened to be his one and only daughter. Then in verse 35 he replies,
"When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, “Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me down and I am devastated. I have made a vow to the LORD that I cannot break.”"
And his daughter told him that what he promised the Lord was okay, but asked if he would allow her two months to wander in the hills with her friends so she could mourn her virginity for she would never be a mother. I don't exactly know what that experience would have been like. So her and her girl-friends just wandered around the country for two months crying I guess? I mean it's not like her girl-friends were like, "Well that's sad that you'll die in two months. Lets go shopping!" It wasn't like Sex In The City. Their was no Sex In The City happening in Judges chapter 11." - Professor Hill
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