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Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances. She was his only child. Besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
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Verse 34. Daughter. It seems the vow had been kept secret, as no precautions were taken to prevent the affliction of the general; ( Calmet.) and indeed to have done so, would have been injurious to God’s providence, and childish in Jephte, as he meant to offer whatever should come to meet him. It would have been very mean, and contrary to the meaning of the vow, for him to procure something for which he had no great value, to present itself. Bible.—Dances, as it was customary on such occasions. 1 Kennicott. 18:6.
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