¹⁵ and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: ^(A)‘Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the people of Ammon;

¹⁹ And when you come near the people of Ammon, do not harass them or meddle with them, for I will not give you any of the land of the people of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to ^(A)the descendants of Lot as a possession.’ ”

⁹ Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not harass Moab, nor contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given ^(A)Ar to ^(B)the descendants of Lot as a possession.’ ”

^12 (A)And they neither found me in the temple disputing with anyone nor inciting the crowd, either in the synagogues or in the city. ¹³ Nor can they prove the things of which they now accuse me.

¹⁰ And now, here are the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir—whom You ^(A)would not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt, but ^(B)they turned from them and did not destroy them—

²⁷ Therefore those who speak in ^[a]proverbs say:

¹³ From there they moved and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites; for ^(A)the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. ¹⁴ Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord: