Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
(5) "Let me alone for two months ... that I may bewail my virginity"  (Judges 11:37).  This cannot mean, "Let me bewail my untimely death."  It was her dedication to the tabernacle as a life-long servant, during which she would not be permitted to marry.  That is what she bewailed, not her death.  Those who want to affirm that she was offered as a burnt-offering will have to find it somewhere else; it is not in the text.