Judges 11:36 (WEB)
She said to him, “My father, you have opened your mouth to the LORD; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because the LORD has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.”
Fathers and councils · 2
Jerome
“Jephthah too offered up his virgin daughter, and for this is placed by the apostle in the roll of the saints.” — editor's note: Judg. xi. 34–40; Heb. xi. 32.
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Ambrose of Milan
“What, then, in the case of esteemed and learned men is full of marvel, that in the case of a virgin is found to be far more splendid, far more glorious, as she says to her sorrowing father: “Do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth.”” — editor's note: Judg. xi. 36.
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Cross-references · 5
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.12.
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.12.