Verse 25
Judges 11:25
New Living Translation
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Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he try to make a case against Israel for disputed land? Did he go to war against them?<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֗ה הֲ/ט֥וֹב טוֹב֙ אַתָּ֔ה מִ/בָּלָ֥ק בֶּן צִפּ֖וֹר מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב הֲ/ר֥וֹב רָב֙ עִם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם נִלְחֹ֥ם נִלְחַ֖ם בָּֽ/ם
English Translation
And now, are you better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Is there a multitude with Israel, or should we fight against them?
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Chapter 11 Context
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Now Jephthah of Gilead was a great warrior. He was the son of Gilead, but his mother was a prostitut...
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Gilead’s wife also had several sons, and when these half brothers grew up, they chased Jephthah off...
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So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Soon he had a band of worthless reb...
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At about this time, the Ammonites began their war against Israel.
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When the Ammonites attacked, the elders of Gilead sent for Jephthah in the land of Tob.
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The elders said, “Come and be our commander! Help us fight the Ammonites!”
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But Jephthah said to them, “Aren’t you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father’s house? Wh...
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“Because we need you,” the elders replied. “If you lead us in battle against the Ammonites, we will...
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Jephthah said to the elders, “Let me get this straight. If I come with you and if the LORD gives me...
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“The LORD is our witness,” the elders replied. “We promise to do whatever you say.”
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So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their ruler and commander of the...
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Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of Ammon, asking, “Why have you come out to fight against...
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The king of Ammon answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they stole...
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Jephthah sent this message back to the Ammonite king:
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“This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not steal any land from Moab or Ammon.<br>
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When the people of Israel arrived at Kadesh on their journey from Egypt after crossing the Red Sea,<...
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they sent messengers to the king of Edom asking for permission to pass through his land. But their r...
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“Finally, they went around Edom and Moab through the wilderness. They traveled along Moab’s eastern...
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“Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon, asking for permi...
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But King Sihon didn’t trust Israel to pass through his land. Instead, he mobilized his army at Jahaz...
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But the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, gave his people victory over King Sihon. So Israel took co...
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from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from the eastern wilderness to the Jordan.<br>
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“So you see, it was the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who took away the land from the Amorites a...
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You keep whatever your god Chemosh gives you, and we will keep whatever the LORD our God (Elohim) gi...
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Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he try to make a case against Israel...
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“Israel has been living here for 300 years, inhabiting Heshbon and its surrounding settlements, all...
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Therefore, I have not sinned against you. Rather, you have wronged me by attacking me. Let the LORD,...
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But the king of Ammon paid no attention to Jephthah’s message.
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At that time the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he went throughout the land of Gilead an...
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And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. He said, “If you give me victory over the Ammonites,
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I will give to the LORD whatever comes out of my house to meet me when I return in triumph. I will s...
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So Jephthah led his army against the Ammonites, and the LORD gave him victory.
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He crushed the Ammonites, devastating about twenty towns from Aroer to an area near Minnith and as f...
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When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter came out to meet him, playing on a tambourine an...
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When he saw her, he tore his clothes in anguish. “Oh, my daughter!” he cried out. “You have complete...
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And she said, “Father, if you have made a vow to the LORD, you must do to me what you have vowed, fo...
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But first let me do this one thing: Let me go up and roam in the hills and weep with my friends for...
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“You may go,” Jephthah said. And he sent her away for two months. She and her friends went into the...
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When she returned home, her father kept the vow he had made, and she died a virgin. So it has become...
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for young Israelite women to go away for four days each year to lament the fate of Jephthah’s daught...
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