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Judges 11:7-19
New International Version
Judges 11:7-19
New International Version
7 Jephthah said to them, “Didn’t you hate me and drive me from my father’s house?(A) Why do you come to me now, when you’re in trouble?”
8 The elders of Gilead said to him, “Nevertheless, we are turning to you now; come with us to fight the Ammonites, and you will be head(B) over all of us who live in Gilead.”
9 Jephthah answered, “Suppose you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me—will I really be your head?”
10 The elders of Gilead replied, “The Lord is our witness;(C) we will certainly do as you say.” 11 So Jephthah went with the elders(D) of Gilead, and the people made him head and commander over them. And he repeated(E) all his words before the Lord in Mizpah.(F)
12 Then Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king with the question: “What do you have against me that you have attacked my country?”
13 The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they took away my land from the Arnon(G) to the Jabbok,(H) all the way to the Jordan. Now give it back peaceably.”
14 Jephthah sent back messengers to the Ammonite king, 15 saying:
“This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of Moab(I) or the land of the Ammonites.(J) 16 But when they came up out of Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea[a](K) and on to Kadesh.(L) 17 Then Israel sent messengers(M) to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Give us permission to go through your country,’(N) but the king of Edom would not listen. They sent also to the king of Moab,(O) and he refused.(P) So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
18 “Next they traveled through the wilderness, skirted the lands of Edom(Q) and Moab, passed along the eastern side(R) of the country of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon.(S) They did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was its border.
19 “Then Israel sent messengers(T) to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon,(U) and said to him, ‘Let us pass through your country to our own place.’(V)
Footnotes
- Judges 11:16 Or the Sea of Reeds
Judges 11:7-19
King James Version
Judges 11:7-19
King James Version
7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the Lord in Mizpeh.
12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
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