^11:39After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin.⁷⁰ Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel.⁷¹

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70 Heb “She had never known a man.” Some understand this to mean that her father committed her to a life of celibacy, but the disjunctive clause (note the vav + subject + verb pattern) more likely describes her condition at the time the vow was fulfilled. (See G. F. Moore, Judges [], ; C. F. Burney, Judges, 324.) She died a virgin and never experienced the joys of marriage and motherhood.
71 Heb “There was a custom in Israel.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow that he had made. She had never known a man, and it became a custom in Israel

NIVNew International Version (2011)

After the two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she was a virgin.

From this comes the Israelite tradition

CSBChristian Standard Bible

At the end of two months, she returned to her father, and he kept the vow he had made about her. And she had never been intimate with a man. Now it became a custom in Israel

NLTNew Living Translation

When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin.

So it has become a custom in Israel

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

At the end of the two months she returned to her father, and he did to her according to his vow; and she did not sleep with a man. And it became an annual custom in Israel

KJV 1900King James Version

And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

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