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Judges 11:40
Judges 11:40 is verse 40 of Judges chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
King James Version
That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
World English Bible
that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
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Judges 11:38–40 · Berean Standard Bible
38 “Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
39 After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
40 that each year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Judges 5:11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
1 Kings 9:25Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.