SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 11:39

11:39a After two months, she returned to her father,

After the two months she went back to her father.
-or-
At the end of two months she returned to her father

11:39b and he did to her as he had vowed.

He did to her what he had promised,
-or-
and Jephthah did what he had promised.

11:39c And she had never had relations with a man.

and she never got married.
-or-
His daughter never had sexual relations with anyone.

11:39d So it has become a custom in Israel

So this became a custom in Israel.
-or-
This was the origin of the practice in Israel

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