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Seila

SEILA: This is the Name given by some to Jephtha’s Daughter. But as the Scripture does not inform us of her Name, ‘tis in vain to seek after it. All that can be said on such Occasions will always be uncertain.

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Augustin Calmet, O.S.B., “Seila,” in Calmet's Dictionary of the Holy Bible, Complete and Unabridged, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/calmet-dictionary/s/seila/.

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