“Gilead's wife bear his sons, and his wife's son grew up, and they thrust out Jethro and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house, for thou art the son of a strange woman.”
Judges 11
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1Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
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2And 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."
3So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around him and traveled with him.
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4Some time later, when the Ammonites fought against Israel
“And it came to pass in the process of time that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.”
5and made war with them, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
“and it was so that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the Elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of”
6"Come," they said, "be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites."
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7Jephthah 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?"
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8They 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 unto Jephthah, therefore we turn again to thee now, that you may go with us and fight against the children of Ammon. And be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
“The Elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, 'Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over the inhabitants of Gilead.'.”
9But 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 unto the elders of Gilead, if you bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the Lord delivers them before me, shall I be your head?”
10And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say."
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11So 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.
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12Then 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?"
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13The 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."
“And the king of the children of Ammon answered and said, to the messengers of Jephthah, because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even to Jabok and unto Jordan. And now therefore restore those…”
14Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
“And Jephthah sent messengers unto the kings of the children of Ammon”
15to tell him, "This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
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16But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
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17Then 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.
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18Then 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.
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19And 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.'
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20But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So he gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
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21Then 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,
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22seizing all the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
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23Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
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24Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.
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25Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?
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26For 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?
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27I 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."
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28But the king of the Ammonites paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
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29Then 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.
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30Jephthah made this vow to the LORD: "If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites into my hand,
“Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said if thou will indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand”
“And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into my hands,”
“and Jephthah bowed a bow unto the Lord and said if thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into my hands”
“Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, If thou would indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand.”
31then 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 whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the Lord's. I will offer it up for a burnt offering.".”
“then it shall be that whatsoever come forth out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the children of Ammon shall surely be the Lord's and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.”
“that Jephthah says whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace From the sons of Ammon it shall be the Lord's and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
32So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
“so Jephthah crossed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them and the Lord gave them into his hand”
“Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them. And the Lord delivered them into his hands.”
33With 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.
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34And 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.
“When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah Behold his daughter was coming out to meet him with Tambourines with dancing now. She was his one and only child and besides her He had neither son nor daughter”
35As 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."
“when he saw her that he tore his clothes and said alas My daughter you have brought me very low and you are among those who trouble me for I have given my word to the Lord. And I cannot take it back.”
36"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."
“so she said to him my father you have given your word to the Lord Due to me as you have said since the Lord has avenged you of your enemies the sons of Ammon.”
37She 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 go to the mountains and weep. Because of my virginity I and my companions”
“So she said to her father, let this thing be done for me. Let me alone for two months that I may go up and down on the mountains, weep for my virginity, I and my companions.”
38"Go," he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
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39After 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
“And it came to pass, verse 39, at the end of two months that she returned unto her father who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed and she knew no man. And it was the custom in Israel”
“and it came to pass at the end of two months that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed, and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel”
40that 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 lament the daughter of Jephthah, the Gileadite, four days in a year.”
“that the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.”