Judges 11:34-39

34But Jephthah came to his house at 1Mizpah, and behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him 2with tambourines and with dancing. And she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or daughter.

35So when he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Oh, my daughter! You have brought me disaster, and you are among those who trouble me; for I have 3given my word to the Lord, and 4I cannot take it back.”

36So she said to him, “My father, you have 5given your word to the Lord; 6do to me just as 7you have said, since the Lord has brought you vengeance on your enemies, the sons of Ammon.”

37And she said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me; allow me two months, so that I may 8go to the mountains and weep because of 9my virginity, I and my friends.”

38Then he said, “Go.” So he let her go for two months; and she left with her friends, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.

39And at the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her 10what he had vowed; and she 11had no relations with a man. And it became a custom in Israel,