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Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor ;
he was the son of a prostitute ,
and Gilead was
his
father.
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor ,
and
he was the son of a prostitute :
and Gilead became
the
father of
Jephthah
.
And
Gilead’s
wife bore him sons who
grew up, drove Jephthah
out, and said to him, “
You shall have
no
inheritance
in our father’s
house ,
because
you are the son of another woman. ”
Gilead's
wife bore him sons ;
and
when
his
wife's
sons
grew up, they
drove out Jephthah
, and said to him, You shall not
inherit
in our father's
house ;
for
you are the son of another woman.
So
Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled
in the land of Tob ,
where
worthless
men
gathered around
him
and traveled
with him.
Then
Jephthah fled from his brothers ,
and lived
in the land of Tob :
and
there
were
gathered vain
fellows
to
Jephthah,
and they
went
out
with him.
Some
time
later
, when
the Ammonites
fought
against Israel
It
happened
after
a
while
, that
the children
of
Ammon
made
war
against Israel .
and
made war with
them
, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from
the land of Tob .
It
was
so,
that
when
the
children
of
Ammon
made war against
Israel
, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out
of
the land of Tob ;
“Come,”
they said, “
be our commander
, so
that we can
fight against
the Ammonites
. ”
and
they said to
Jephthah
, Come
and
be our chief
, that we may
fight with
the children
of
Ammon
.
Jephthah replied
to the elders of Gilead, “Did
you not
hate me and expel
me from
my father’s
house? Why then
have
you come to me now ,
when you are in distress? ”
Jephthah said
to the elders of Gilead, Didn't
you hate me ,
and drive
me out
of
my father's
house? and
why are
you come to me now when you are in distress?
They
answered
Jephthah, “This
is
why
we now
turn
to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites,
and become
leader
over all of us
who
live
in
Gilead. ”
The
elders
of
Gilead
said
to
Jephthah, Therefore
are
we turned
again
to you now
, that you may go with us, and
fight with
the children
of
Ammon;
and you
shall
be
our
head
over all the
inhabitants
of Gilead.
But
Jephthah asked
them
, “
If you take
me back
to fight the Ammonites
and the
LORD
gives
them to
me, will
I really
be your leader
? ”
Jephthah said
to
the
elders
of
Gilead
, If you bring
me home
again
to fight with
the children
of
Ammon,
and Yahweh
deliver
them before
me, shall
I be your head
?
And
the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The
LORD
is
our
witness if
we do not
do
as
you
say
. ”
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Yahweh
shall
be
witness between
us;
surely
according
to
your
word
so
will
we do.
So
Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their
leader
and commander.
And Jephthah repeated
all his terms
in the
presence
of
the
LORD
at
Mizpah.
Then
Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head
and chief
over
them:
and Jephthah spoke
all his words
before
Yahweh
in Mizpah.
Then
Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
, saying, “
What do
you
have against
me that you have
come to fight against my land? ”
Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children
of
Ammon
, saying, What have you
to
do
with
me ,
that you are
come to me
to
fight against my land?
The king of the Ammonites
answered Jephthah’s
messengers, “When
Israel came up out of Egypt, they
seized
my
land,
from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all
the
way
to the Jordan .
Now ,
therefore ,
restore it
peaceably. ”
The king of the children
of
Ammon
answered to
the
messengers of
Jephthah
, Because
Israel took
away
my
land,
when
he
came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even
to the Jabbok ,
and to the Jordan :
now therefore restore those
[lands]
again
peaceably.
Jephthah again
sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
Jephthah sent messengers again
to the king of the children
of
Ammon;
to tell
him, “This
is
what
Jephthah
says: Israel did
not
take away the land of Moab or
of the Ammonites.
and
he
said
to him, Thus
says Jephthah
: Israel didn't
take away the land of Moab ,
nor
the
land
of the children
of
Ammon,
But when Israel
came up out
of
Egypt, they
traveled
through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh .
but when they
came up from
Egypt, and
Israel
went
through the wilderness to the Red Sea ,
and came to Kadesh ;
Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘
Please let us
pass through your land ,’
but the king of Edom would
not
listen. They
also
sent messengers
to the king of Moab ,
but he would not consent.
So
Israel stayed
in Kadesh.
then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Please let me
pass through your land ;
but the king of Edom didn't
listen. In
the
same
way,
he
sent to the king of Moab ;
but he would not :
and
Israel abode
in Kadesh.
Then Israel
traveled
through the wilderness and bypassed
the lands
of Edom and Moab .
They
came to
the east side of the land of Moab and camped
on the other side of the Arnon .
But they did
not
enter
the territory
of Moab, since
the Arnon was its
border.
Then they
went
through the wilderness ,
and went
around
the land
of Edom ,
and the
land
of
Moab ,
and
came by
the east side of the land of Moab ,
and they
encamped
on the other side of the Arnon ;
but they didn't
come
within
the border
of Moab, for
the Arnon was the
border of
Moab
.
And
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who
ruled
in
Heshbon ,
and said to him, ‘Please
let us pass through your land into
our
own
place. ’
Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the
king
of
Heshbon ;
and Israel
said to him, Let us pass ,
we
pray
you,
through your land to
my
place.
But Sihon would
not
trust Israel to pass through his territory.
So
he
gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with
Israel.
But Sihon didn't
trust Israel to pass through his border;
but
Sihon
gathered all his people together
, and
encamped in Jahaz, and fought against
Israel.
Then
the
LORD
, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who
defeated
them .
So Israel took
possession
of
all the land of the Amorites who
inhabited
that country ,
Yahweh
, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and
they
struck
them :
so Israel possessed
all the land of the Amorites ,
the
inhabitants
of
that country .
seizing
all the land
from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
They
possessed
all the border
of
the
Amorites,
from the Arnon even
to the Jabbok ,
and from the wilderness even
to the Jordan.
Now since
the
LORD
, the God of Israel, has driven
out
the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now
possess it
?
So
now Yahweh
, the God of Israel, has dispossessed
the Amorites from before his people Israel, and
should you possess them
?
Do
you not
possess whatever
your god Chemosh
grants
you? So also,
we
possess
whatever
the
LORD
our God has granted
us.
Won't
you possess that
which
Chemosh
your god gives
you to
possess
? So whoever
Yahweh
our God has dispossessed
from
before
us ,
them
will
we
possess
.
Are you now
so
much
better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend
with
Israel or fight against them?
Now
are you anything
better than Balak the
son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive
against
Israel ,
or did
he
ever
fight against them?
For
three
hundred
years
Israel has
lived in Heshbon, Aroer ,
and their
villages
, as
well
as
all the cities along the banks
of the Arnon .
Why did
you not
take
them back
during
that time?
While
Israel lived in Heshbon and
its
towns
, and
in
Aroer and its
towns
, and
in
all the cities that
are
along by
the side
of the Arnon ,
three
hundred
years;
why didn't
you recover
them within
that time?
I have not sinned against you, but you have
done
me wrong by
waging
war against me .
May
the
LORD
, the Judge, decide
today
between the Israelites
and the Ammonites
. ”
I therefore
have not sinned against you, but you do
me wrong to
war against me :
Yahweh
, the Judge, be
judge
this
day
between the children
of
Israel
and the children
of
Ammon
.
But
the king of the Ammonites
paid
no
heed
to the message
Jephthah sent him.
However
the king of the children
of
Ammon
didn't
listen
to the words
of
Jephthah which
he
sent him.
Then the Spirit of the
LORD
came upon
Jephthah, and he passed through
Gilead and Manasseh, then
through
Mizpah
of Gilead .
And from there
he advanced
against
the Ammonites
.
Then the Spirit of Yahweh
came on
Jephthah, and he passed over
Gilead and Manasseh, and
passed
over
Mizpeh
of Gilead ,
and from Mizpeh
of
Gilead
he passed
over
to
the children
of
Ammon
.
Jephthah made
this
vow to the
LORD:
“
If indeed
You will deliver the Ammonites
into my hand,
Jephthah vowed
a
vow to Yahweh,
and
said,
If you will indeed
deliver the children
of
Ammon
into my hand,
then whatever comes out
the door
of my house to greet
me on
my
triumphant
return from the Ammonites
will
belong
to
the
LORD
, and I will offer it up as
a burnt offering. ”
then it
shall
be,
that
whatever comes forth
from
the doors
of my house to meet
me ,
when
I
return in
peace
from the children
of
Ammon
, it
shall
be
Yahweh's,
and I will offer it up for
a burnt offering.
So Jephthah crossed
over to the Ammonites
to fight against them ,
and the
LORD
delivered them into his hand.
So Jephthah passed
over to the children
of
Ammon
to fight against them ;
and Yahweh
delivered them into his hand.
With
a
great
blow
he devastated
twenty
cities
from Aroer to the
vicinity
of
Minnith, as
far
as
Abel-keramim
. So the Ammonites
were subdued before the Israelites
.
He struck
them
from Aroer until
you
come
to Minnith, even
twenty
cities,
and
to
Abelcheramim,
with
a
very
great
slaughter
. So the children
of
Ammon
were subdued before the children
of
Israel
.
And
when
Jephthah returned
home
to Mizpah, there
was
his daughter coming
out to meet him with tambourines and dancing!
She was his only child; he had no
son or
daughter besides
her
.
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.
As
soon
as
Jephthah
saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No!
Not
my daughter! You have brought me to
my
knees!
You have
brought
great
misery
upon
me ,
for I have given
my word
to the
LORD
and cannot
take
it
back. ”
It
happened,
when
he
saw her, that
he tore his clothes ,
and said, Alas,
my daughter! you have brought me very
low,
and
you are
one
of
those
who
trouble
me ;
for I have opened
my mouth
to Yahweh,
and I
can't
go
back.
“
My father, ”
she
replied,
“
you have given
your word
to the
LORD.
Do to me as
you
have
said
, for
the
LORD
has avenged
you of
your enemies, the Ammonites
. ”
She
said
to
him,
My father, you have opened
your mouth
to Yahweh;
do to me according
to
that
which
has
proceeded
out
of
your
mouth
, because
Yahweh
has taken
vengeance
for
you on
your enemies, even
on
the children
of
Ammon
.
She also
said to her father, “
Let me
do
this one
thing: Let me wander
for
two months through
the mountains with
my
friends
and mourn
my virginity. ”
She said to her father, Let this thing be
done
for
me
: let me alone
two months ,
that
I
may
depart
and
go
down
on
the mountains ,
and bewail
my virginity ,
I
and
my
companions
.
“Go,”
he said. And
he sent her away for two months .
So
she left
with
her friends
and mourned her virginity upon
the mountains.
He said ,
Go
. He sent her away for two months :
and
she departed,
she
and
her companions,
and mourned her virginity on
the mountains.
After
two months, she returned to her father, and
he
did to
her as
he had vowed .
And she had
never
had
relations
with
a man
. So
it has
become
a custom in Israel
It
happened
at
the
end
of
two months, that
she returned to her father, who
did with
her according
to
his
vow
which
he had vowed :
and she was
a virgin
. It was
a custom in Israel ,
that each
year
the young
women
of Israel go
out
for
four
days
to lament
the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
that the daughters
of Israel went
yearly
to celebrate
the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four
days
in
a
year
.
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