Judges 11:35

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When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said,“Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the LORD, and I cannot break it.”

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  • Gen 37:29-30 : 29 Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes, 30 returned to his brothers, and said,“The boy isn’t there! And I, where can I go?”
  • Gen 37:34-35 : 34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days. 35 All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled.“No,” he said,“I will go to the grave mourning my son.” So Joseph’s father wept for him.
  • Gen 42:36-38 : 36 Their father Jacob said to them,“You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me.” 37 Then Reuben said to his father,“You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you.” 38 But Jacob replied,“My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave.”
  • Lev 27:28-29 : 28 Things Permanently Dedicated to the Lord“‘Surely anything which a man permanently dedicates to the LORD from all that belongs to him, whether from people, animals, or his landed property, must be neither sold nor redeemed; anything permanently dedicated is most holy to the LORD. 29 Any human being who is permanently dedicated must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death.
  • Num 30:2-5 : 2 If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised. 3 Vows Made by Single Women“If a young woman who is still living in her father’s house makes a vow to the LORD or places herself under an obligation, 4 and her father hears of her vow or the obligation to which she has pledged herself, and her father remains silent about her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation to which she has pledged herself will stand. 5 But if her father overrules her when he hears about it, then none of her vows or her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. And the LORD will release her from it, because her father overruled her.
  • Judg 21:1-7 : 1 600 Brides for 600 Brothers The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying,“Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite.” 2 So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. 3 They said,“Why, O LORD God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?” An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!” 4 The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace. 5 The Israelites asked,“Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the LORD?”They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the LORD at Mizpah must certainly be executed. 6 The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said,“Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel! 7 How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the LORD’s name not to give them our daughters as wives.”
  • 1 Sam 14:44-45 : 44 Saul said,“God will punish me severely if Jonathan doesn’t die!” 45 But the army said to Saul,“Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the LORD lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today.” So the army rescued Jonathan from death.
  • 2 Sam 13:30-31 : 30 While they were still on their way, the following report reached David:“Absalom has killed all the king’s sons; not one of them is left!” 31 Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well.
  • 2 Sam 18:33 : 33 (19:1) The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said,“My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!”
  • Job 1:20 : 20 Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.
  • Ps 15:4 : 4 He despises a reprobate, but honors the LORD’s loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.
  • Eccl 5:2-6 : 2 (5:1) Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few. 3 Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words. 4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow! 5 It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it. 6 Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest,“It was a mistake!” Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?”
  • Matt 14:7-9 : 7 so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. 8 Instructed by her mother, she said,“Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.” 9 Although it grieved the king, because of his oath and the dinner guests he commanded it to be given.
  • Acts 23:14 : 14 They went to the chief priests and the elders and said,“We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul.

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  • Judg 11:36-40
    5 verses
    83%

    36She said to him,“My father, since you made an oath to the LORD, do to me as you promised. After all, the LORD vindicated you before your enemies, the Ammonites.”

    37She then said to her father,“Please grant me this one wish. For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.”

    38He said,“You may go.” He permitted her to leave for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills.

    39After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel.

    40Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days.

  • Judg 11:34
    83%

    34When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.

  • Judg 11:27-32
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    78%

    27I have not done you wrong, but you are doing wrong by attacking me. May the LORD, the Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites!’”

    28But the Ammonite king disregarded the message sent by Jephthah.

    29A Foolish Vow Spells Death for a Daughter The LORD’s Spirit empowered Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites.

    30Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, saying,“If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me,

    31then whoever is the first to come through the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites– he will belong to the LORD and I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice.”

    32Jephthah approached the Ammonites to fight with them, and the LORD handed them over to him.

  • Judg 11:9-12
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    72%

    9Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead,“All right! If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, I will be your leader.”

    10The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah,“The LORD will judge any grievance you have against us, if we do not do as you say.”

    11So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the LORD in Mizpah.

    12Jephthah Gives a History Lesson Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying,“Why have you come against me to attack my land?”

  • Judg 12:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1Civil Strife Mars the Victory The Ephraimites assembled and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah,“Why did you go and fight with the Ammonites without asking us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!”

    2Jephthah said to them,“My people and I were in a struggle and the Ammonites were oppressing me greatly. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power.

    3When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the LORD handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?”

  • Judg 11:1-3
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    71%

    1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father.

    2Gilead’s wife also gave him sons. When his wife’s sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him,“You are not going to inherit any of our father’s wealth, because you are another woman’s son.”

    3So Jephthah left his half-brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah’s gang and traveled with him.

  • Deut 22:14-17
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    71%

    14accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying,“I married this woman but when I approached her for marital relations I discovered she was not a virgin!”

    15Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate.

    16The young woman’s father must say to the elders,“I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her.

    17Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying,‘I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,’ but this is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity!” The cloth must then be spread out before the city’s elders.

  • Ruth 1:13
    70%

    13surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the LORD is afflicting me!”

  • Deut 22:27
    69%

    27for the man met her in the field and the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her.

  • Judg 11:5-7
    3 verses
    69%

    5When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob.

    6They said,“Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites.”

    7Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead,“But you hated me and made me leave my father’s house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?”

  • 2 Kgs 6:30
    69%

    30When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes.

  • Gen 38:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

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

    16He turned aside to her along the road and said,“Come, please, I want to sleep with you.”(He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked,“What will you give me so that you may sleep with me?”

  • Judg 19:24
    69%

    24Here are my virgin daughter and my guest’s concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. But don’t do such a disgraceful thing to this man!”

  • 2 Sam 1:11
    68%

    11David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him.

  • Judg 11:14-15
    2 verses
    68%

    14Jephthah sent messengers back to the Ammonite king

    15and said to him,“This is what Jephthah says,‘Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.

  • 1 Kgs 17:20
    68%

    20Then he called out to the LORD,“O LORD, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?”

  • 1 Sam 4:19
    68%

    19His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her.

  • Ruth 3:16
    67%

    16and she returned to her mother-in-law. Ruth Returns to NaomiWhen Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked,“How did things turn out for you, my daughter?” Ruth told her about all the man had done for her.

  • Joel 1:8
    67%

    8A Call to Lament Wail like a young virgin clothed in sackcloth, lamenting the death of her husband-to-be.

  • Jer 14:17
    67%

    17Lament over Present Destruction and Threat of More to Come“Tell these people this, Jeremiah:‘My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound.

  • Ruth 3:11
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    11Now, my dear, don’t worry! I intend to do for you everything you propose, for everyone in the village knows that you are a worthy woman.

  • Josh 7:6
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    6Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the LORD until evening and threw dirt on their heads.

  • 1 Sam 1:11
    67%

    11She made a vow saying,“O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, if you would truly look on the suffering of your servant, and would keep me in mind and not neglect your servant, and give your servant a male child, then I will dedicate him to the LORD all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut.”

  • Num 30:5
    67%

    5But if her father overrules her when he hears about it, then none of her vows or her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. And the LORD will release her from it, because her father overruled her.

  • Gen 37:34
    67%

    34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.