Judges 11:38

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He said, 'Go,' and he sent her away for two months. She and her friends went to the hills and wept because she would never marry.

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  • Judg 11:35-37
    3 verses
    93%

    35When he saw her, he tore his clothes and cried, 'Oh no, my daughter! You have brought me to my knees and made me miserable, for I have made a vow to the Lord that I cannot break.'

    36She said to him, 'My father, you have given your word to the Lord. Do to me just as you promised, since the Lord has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites.'

    37She also said to her father, 'Let me do this one thing: Allow me two months to roam the hills and weep with my friends because I will never marry.'

  • Judg 11:39-40
    2 verses
    83%

    39After the two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin. From this, it became a custom in Israel

    40Each year the daughters of Israel would go out for four days to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.

  • Judg 19:2-5
    4 verses
    78%

    2But his concubine was unfaithful to him and left him, going to her father’s house in Bethlehem in Judah. She stayed there for four months.

    3Then her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back. He took with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When he arrived at her father’s house, the woman’s father saw him and was glad to welcome him.

    4His father-in-law, the woman’s father, persuaded him to stay, and he remained with him for three days. They ate, drank, and spent the nights there.

    5On the fourth day, they got up early in the morning to leave, but the woman’s father said to his son-in-law, “Refresh yourself with a piece of bread, and then you can go.”

  • Gen 38:14-20
    7 verses
    76%

    14So she took off her widow's garments, covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself up, and sat down at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah. She saw that Shelah had grown up, but she had not been given to him as a wife.

    15When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute, because she had covered her face.

    16He turned aside to her by the roadside and said, 'Come now, let me sleep with you.' He did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She asked, 'What will you give me to sleep with you?'

    17He replied, 'I will send you a young goat from my flock.' She said, 'Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?'

    18He asked, 'What pledge should I give you?' She answered, 'Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand.' So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she conceived by him.

    19Then she got up and left, took off her veil, and put back on her widow's garments.

    20Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite to retrieve the pledge from the woman, but he could not find her.

  • Deut 21:13
    75%

    13She shall remove the clothes of her captivity and remain in your house, mourning her father and mother for a full month. After that, you may go to her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.

  • Josh 2:16
    74%

    16She said to them, "Go to the hill country so the pursuers won’t find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they return, and then go on your way."

  • Gen 24:55
    73%

    55But her brother and her mother said, 'Let the young woman stay with us ten days or so; then you may go.'

  • Deut 22:14-15
    2 verses
    73%

    14accusing her of misconduct and giving her a bad name by saying, 'I married this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find proof of her virginity,'

    15then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the elders at the gate of the town.

  • Judg 19:28
    72%

    28He said to her, "Get up, let us go." But there was no answer. So he put her on the donkey, and the man set out for home.

  • Ruth 1:18
    72%

    18When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to persuade her.

  • Deut 22:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20But if the accusation is true and there is no proof of the young woman's virginity,

    21then they shall bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones. She has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by being promiscuous while in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • Ruth 1:13
    71%

    13would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters, it is more bitter for me than for you because the LORD’s hand has turned against me."

  • Gen 24:38
    71%

    38Instead, you must go to my father's household and to my family to take a wife for my son.'

  • Gen 38:22
    71%

    22So he returned to Judah and said, 'I couldn’t find her. Furthermore, the men of the place said, "There has been no prostitute here."'

  • Deut 22:17
    70%

    17And now he has made false accusations against her, saying, 'I did not find your daughter to be a virgin.' But here is the evidence of my daughter's virginity.' Then they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the city.

  • Josh 2:21
    70%

    21She said, "Let it be as you say." So she sent them away, and they departed. Then she tied the scarlet cord in the window.

  • Judg 19:8-9
    2 verses
    70%

    8On the fifth day, he got up early in the morning to leave, but the woman’s father said, “Please refresh yourself and wait until the day declines.” So the two of them ate together.

    9When the man, his concubine, and his servant arose to leave, his father-in-law, the woman’s father, said to him, “Look, the day is drawing to a close. Stay here tonight; the day is almost over. Spend the night here, and let your heart be content. You can rise early tomorrow and continue on your way home.”

  • Ruth 1:7
    70%

    7She left the place where she had been living, along with her two daughters-in-law, and they began to travel on the road back to the land of Judah.

  • Judg 15:2
    70%

    2Her father said, "I thought you completely hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Isn't her younger sister more attractive? Take her instead."

  • 2 Sam 3:16
    70%

    16But her husband followed her, weeping as he went, all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, 'Go back home.' So he returned.

  • Deut 22:27
    69%

    27For he found her in the field, and though the betrothed young woman cried out for help, there was no one to rescue her.

  • Gen 24:16
    69%

    16The young woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.

  • 1 Sam 1:22
    69%

    22Hannah did not go. She said to her husband, 'After the boy is weaned, I will take him to appear before the LORD, and he will remain there permanently.'

  • Joel 1:8
    69%

    8Mourn like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

  • 2 Sam 13:16-17
    2 verses
    69%

    16But she said to him, 'No! Sending me away would be a greater wrong than what you have already done to me.' But he refused to listen to her.

    17He called his servant who attended him and said, 'Throw this woman out of my presence and bolt the door after her.'

  • 2 Sam 13:13
    69%

    13What about me? Where could I get rid of my disgrace? And you would be like one of the wicked fools in Israel. Please speak to the king; he will not withhold me from you.

  • Ruth 3:16
    69%

    16When Ruth came to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, 'How did it go, my daughter?' Then she told her everything the man had done for her.

  • 2 Kgs 8:3
    69%

    3At the end of the seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land.

  • Hos 3:3
    69%

    3And I said to her, "You must stay with me for many days. You shall not engage in prostitution or belong to another man, and I will also remain loyal to you."

  • Hos 2:7
    69%

    7Their mother has been unfaithful; their conceiver acted shamefully. She said, 'I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread, water, wool, flax, oil, and drink.'

  • Gen 24:58
    69%

    58So they called Rebekah and asked her, 'Will you go with this man?' She replied, 'I will go.'

  • 2 Kgs 4:23
    69%

    23He asked, "Why are you going to him today? It’s not a New Moon or a Sabbath." She replied, "It is well."

  • Deut 24:2
    69%

    2When she leaves his house, she may go and become another man's wife.