Verse 29
Judges 11:29
Free Bible Version
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I will dedicate to the Lord whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me on my safe return from the battle. I will present it as a burnt offering.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/תְּהִ֤י עַל יִפְתָּח֙ ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֔ה וַ/יַּעֲבֹ֥ר אֶת הַ/גִּלְעָ֖ד וְ/אֶת מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַֽ/יַּעֲבֹר֙ אֶת מִצְפֵּ֣ה גִלְעָ֔ד וּ/מִ/מִּצְפֵּ֣ה גִלְעָ֔ד עָבַ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן
English Translation
And the spirit of the LORD was upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and he passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
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Chapter 11 Context
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Jephthah of Gilead was a strong fighter. He was the son of a prostitute, and his father was Gilead.
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Gilead's wife gave him sons, who when they grew up, drove Jephthah away, telling him, “You won't inh...
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Jephthah ran away from his brothers and went to live in the land of Tob. A gang of trouble-makers jo...
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Later on, the Ammonites were at war with Israel.
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As the Ammonites were attacking Israel, the elders of Gilead came to get Jephthah from the land of T...
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“Come and be our army commander,” they asked Jepthah, “so we can fight the Ammonites.”
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“Weren't you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father's house?” Jephthah asked them. “Why a...
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“Yes, that's why we've turned to you now,” the elders of Gilead replied. “Come with us and fight the...
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“So if I go back with you and fight the Ammonites, and the Lord makes me victorious, then I'll be yo...
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“The Lord will be a witness between us,” they replied. “We'll do whatever you say.”
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So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and army commander....
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Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites to ask him, “What have you got against me...
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The king of the Ammonites replied to Jephthah's messengers, “Israel seized my land when they came fr...
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to tell him, “This is Jephthah's reply: The Israelites did not take any land from Moab or from the A...
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15
When they left Egypt, the Israelites went through the desert to the Red Sea and arrived at Kadesh.
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They sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your country,’ but the...
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Eventually the Israelites traveled through the desert, avoiding the lands of Edom and Moab. They arr...
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Then the Israelites sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who ruled from Heshbon, and aske...
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But Sihon didn't trust the Israelites to pass through his territory. So he assembled his army, set u...
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However, the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, handed over Sihon and all his people to the Israelite...
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They occupied all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River, and from t...
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It was the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who drove out the Amorites before his people Israel, so...
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23
Why don't you keep whatever your god Chemosh gave you, and we'll keep whatever the Lord our God (Elo...
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Do you think you're so much better than Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with...
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Israelites have been living in Heshbon, Aroer, their villages, and in all the towns along the banks...
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I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by going to war against me. Let the Lord,...
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Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then on through...
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Jephthah made a solemn promise to the Lord, saying, “If you make me victorious over the Ammonites,
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I will dedicate to the Lord whatever comes out of the door of my house to meet me on my safe return...
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Jephthah advanced to attack the Ammonites, and the Lord gave him the victory over them.
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He soundly defeated them, capturing twenty cities from Aroer to the area around Minnith, up as far a...
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When Jephthah arrived home in Mizpah, there came his daughter out to meet him, with tambourines and...
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The moment he saw her, he ripped his clothes in agony and cried out, “Oh no, my daughter! You have c...
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She replied, “Father, you have made a solemn promise to the Lord. Do to me what you promised, for th...
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Then she went on to say to him, “Just let me do this: let me walk through the hills for two months w...
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“You can go,” he told her. He sent her away for two months, and she and her friends went into the hi...
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When the two months were over, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had promised, and...
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