Judges 11:38

WEB

He said, "Go." He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and wept because of her virginity on the mountains.

KJV

And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

Commentary

And he said, go,.... He granted her request at once: and he sent her away for two months; as she desired: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upo n the mountains; for the space of two months: the Jewish commentators make mention of an allegorical exposition of a writer (i) of theirs, who by mountains understands the sanhedrim, to whom she proposed to go, who perhaps might find a way for the loosing of the vow; but it is a question whether there was such a court then in Israel; and had there been one, and either she or her father had applied to it, in this case the priests would have pointed out what was to be done, and especially if the vow had any regard to the sacrifice of his daughter; and even to her virginity, which he had no power to oblige her to; but the literal sense is no doubt to be followed. (i) Tanchuma.