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1 # Now Jephthah <03316> the Gileadite <01569> was a mighty man <01368> of valour <02428>, and he was the son <01121> of an harlot <0802> <02181> (8802): and Gilead <01568> begat <03205> (8686) Jephthah <03316>.
2 And Gilead's <01568> wife <0802> bare <03205> (8799) him sons <01121>; and his wife's <0802> sons <01121> grew up <01431> (8799), and they thrust out <01644> (8762) Jephthah <03316>, and said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thou shalt not inherit <05157> (8799) in our father's <01> house <01004>; for thou art the son <01121> of a strange <0312> woman <0802>.
3 Then Jephthah <03316> fled <01272> (8799) from <06440> his brethren <0251>, and dwelt <03427> (8799) in the land <0776> of Tob <02897>: and there were gathered <03950> (8691) vain <07386> men <0582> to Jephthah <03316>, and went out <03318> (8799) with him.
4 # And it came to pass in process of time <03117>, that the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> made war <03898> (8735) against Israel <03478>.
5 And it was so, that when the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> made war <03898> (8738) against Israel <03478> , the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568> went <03212> (8799) to fetch <03947> (8800) Jephthah <03316> out of the land <0776> of Tob <02897>:
6 And they said <0559> (8799) unto Jephthah <03316>, Come <03212> (8798), and be our captain <07101> , that we may fight <03898> (8735) with the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.
7 And Jephthah <03316> said <0559> (8799) unto the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568>, Did not ye hate <08130> (8804) me, and expel <01644> (8762) me out of my father's <01> house <01004>? and why are ye come <0935> (8804) unto me now when ye are in distress <06887> (8804)?
8 And the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568> said <0559> (8799) unto Jephthah <03316>, Therefore we turn again <07725> (8804) to thee now, that thou mayest go <01980> (8804) with us, and fight <03898> (8738) against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and be our head <07218> over all the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Gilead <01568>.
9 And Jephthah <03316> said <0559> (8799) unto the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568>, If ye bring me home again <07725> (8688) to fight <03898> (8736) against the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, and the LORD <03068> deliver <05414> (8804) them before <06440> me, shall I be your head <07218>?
10 And the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568> said <0559> (8799) unto Jephthah <03316>, The LORD <03068> be witness <08085> (8802) between us, if we do <06213> (8799) not so according to thy words <01697>.
11 Then Jephthah <03316> went <03212> (8799) with the elders <02205> of Gilead <01568>, and the people <05971> made <07760> (8799) him head <07218> and captain <07101> over them: and Jephthah <03316> uttered <01696> (8762) all his words <01697> before <06440> the LORD <03068> in Mizpeh <04709>.
12 # And Jephthah <03316> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> unto the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, saying <0559> (8800), What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come <0935> (8804) against me to fight <03898> (8736) in my land <0776>?
13 And the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> answered <0559> (8799) unto the messengers <04397> of Jephthah <03316>, Because Israel <03478> took away <03947> (8804) my land <0776>, when they came up <05927> (8800) out of Egypt <04714>, from Arnon <0769> even unto Jabbok <02999>, and unto Jordan <03383>: now therefore restore those lands again <07725> (8685) peaceably <07965>.
14 And Jephthah <03316> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> again <03254> (8686) unto the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>:
15 And said <0559> (8799) unto him, Thus saith <0559> (8804) Jephthah <03316>, Israel <03478> took not away <03947> (8804) the land <0776> of Moab <04124>, nor the land <0776> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> :
16 But when Israel <03478> came up <05927> (8800) from Egypt <04714>, and walked <03212> (8799) through the wilderness <04057> unto the Red <05488> sea <03220>, and came <0935> (8799) to Kadesh <06946>;
17 Then Israel <03478> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> unto the king <04428> of Edom <0123>, saying <0559> (8800), Let me, I pray thee, pass through <05674> (8799) thy land <0776>: but the king <04428> of Edom <0123> would not hearken <08085> (8804) thereto. And in like manner they sent <07971> (8804) unto the king <04428> of Moab <04124>: but he would <014> (8804) not consent: and Israel <03478> abode <03427> (8799) in Kadesh <06946>.
18 Then they went along <03212> (8799) through the wilderness <04057>, and compassed <05437> (8799) the land <0776> of Edom <0123>, and the land <0776> of Moab <04124>, and came <0935> (8799) by the east side <04217> <08121> of the land <0776> of Moab <04124>, and pitched <02583> (8799) on the other side <05676> of Arnon <0769>, but came <0935> (8804) not within the border <01366> of Moab <04124>: for Arnon <0769> was the border <01366> of Moab <04124> .
19 And Israel <03478> sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> unto Sihon <05511> king <04428> of the Amorites <0567>, the king <04428> of Heshbon <02809>; and Israel <03478> said <0559> (8799) unto him, Let us pass <05674> (8799), we pray thee, through thy land <0776> into <05704> my place <04725>.
20 But Sihon <05511> trusted <0539> (8689) not Israel <03478> to pass <05674> (8800) through his coast <01366>: but Sihon <05511> gathered <0622> <00> all his people <05971> together <0622> (8799), and pitched <02583> (8799) in Jahaz <03096>, and fought <03898> (8735) against Israel <03478>.
21 And the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> delivered <05414> (8799) Sihon <05511> and all his people <05971> into the hand <03027> of Israel <03478>, and they smote <05221> (8686) them: so Israel <03478> possessed <03423> (8799) all the land <0776> of the Amorites <0567>, the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of that country <0776>.
22 And they possessed <03423> (8799) all the coasts <01366> of the Amorites <0567>, from Arnon <0769> even unto Jabbok <02999>, and from the wilderness <04057> even unto Jordan <03383>.
23 So now the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> hath dispossessed <03423> (8689) the Amorites <0567> from before <06440> his people <05971> Israel <03478>, and shouldest thou possess <03423> (8799) it?
24 Wilt not thou possess <03423> (8799) that which Chemosh <03645> thy god <0430> giveth thee to possess <03423> (8686)? So whomsoever the LORD <03068> our God <0430> shall drive out <03423> (8689) from before <06440> us, them will we possess <03423> (8799).
25 And now art thou any thing better <02896> than Balak <01111> the son <01121> of Zippor <06834>, king <04428> of Moab <04124>? did he ever <07378> (8800) strive <07378> (8804) against Israel <03478>, or did he ever <03898> (8736) fight <03898> (8738) against them,
26 While Israel <03478> dwelt <03427> (8800) in Heshbon <02809> and her towns <01323>, and in Aroer <06177> and her towns <01323>, and in all the cities <05892> that be along by the coasts <03027> of Arnon <0769>, three <07969> hundred <03967> years <08141>? why therefore did ye not recover <05337> (8689) them within that time <06256>?
27 Wherefore I have not sinned <02398> (8804) against thee, but thou doest <06213> (8802) <0853> me wrong <07451> to war <03898> (8736) against me: the LORD <03068> the Judge <08199> (8802) be judge <08199> (8799) this day <03117> between the children <01121> of Israel <03478> and the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.
28 Howbeit the king <04428> of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> hearkened <08085> (8804) not unto the words <01697> of Jephthah <03316> which he sent <07971> (8804) him.
29 # Then the Spirit <07307> of the LORD <03068> came upon Jephthah <03316>, and he passed over <05674> (8799) Gilead <01568>, and Manasseh <04519>, and passed over <05674> (8799) Mizpeh <04708> of Gilead <01568>, and from Mizpeh <04708> of Gilead <01568> he passed over <05674> (8804) unto the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.
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30 And Jephthah <03316> vowed <05087> (8799) a vow <05088> unto the LORD <03068>, and said <0559> (8799), If thou shalt without fail <05414> (8800) deliver <05414> (8799) the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> into mine hands <03027>,
31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever <03318> (8802) cometh forth <03318> (8799) of the doors <01817> of my house <01004> to meet <07125> (8800) me, when I return <07725> (8800) in peace <07965> from the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>, shall surely be the LORD'S <03068>, and I will offer it up <05927> (8689) for a burnt offering <05930>.
32 So Jephthah <03316> passed over <05674> (8799) unto the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> to fight <03898> (8736) against them; and the LORD <03068> delivered <05414> (8799) them into his hands <03027>.
33 And he smote <05221> (8686) them from Aroer <06177>, even till thou come <0935> (8800) to Minnith <04511> , even twenty <06242> cities <05892>, and unto the plain <058> of the vineyards <03754> (8677) <064>, with a very <03966> great <01419> slaughter <04347>. Thus the children <01121> of Ammon <05983> were subdued <03665> (8735) before <06440> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.
34 And Jephthah <03316> came <0935> (8799) to Mizpeh <04709> unto his house <01004>, and, behold, his daughter <01323> came out <03318> (8802) to meet <07125> (8800) him with timbrels <08596> and with dances <04246>: and she was his only child <03173>; beside her he had neither son <01121> nor <0176> daughter <01323>.
35 And it came to pass, when he saw <07200> (8800) her, that he rent <07167> (8799) his clothes <0899>, and said <0559> (8799), Alas <0162>, my daughter <01323>! thou hast brought <03766> <00> me very <03766> (8689) low <03766> (8687), and thou art one of them that trouble <05916> (8802) me: for I have opened <06475> (8804) my mouth <06310> unto the LORD <03068>, and I cannot <03201> (8799) go back <07725> (8800).
36 And she said <0559> (8799) unto him, My father <01>, if thou hast opened <06475> (8804) thy mouth <06310> unto the LORD <03068>, do <06213> (8798) to me according to that which <0834> hath proceeded <03318> (8804) out of thy mouth <06310>; forasmuch <0310> as the LORD <03068> hath taken <06213> (8804) vengeance <05360> for thee of thine enemies <0341> (8802), even of the children <01121> of Ammon <05983>.
37 And she said <0559> (8799) unto her father <01>, Let this thing <01697> be done <06213> (8735) for me: let me alone <07503> (8685) two <08147> months <02320>, that I may go up <03212> (8799) and down <03381> (8804) upon the mountains <02022>, and bewail <01058> (8799) my virginity <01331>, I and my fellows <07464> (8675) <07474>.
38 And he said <0559> (8799), Go <03212> (8798). And he sent her away <07971> (8799) for two <08147> months <02320>: and she went <03212> (8799) with her companions <07464>, and bewailed <01058> (8799) her virginity <01331> upon the mountains <02022>.
39 And it came to pass at the end <07093> of two <08147> months <02320>, that she returned <07725> (8799) unto her father <01>, who did <06213> (8799) with her according to his vow <05088> which he had vowed <05087> (8804): and she knew <03045> (8804) no man <0376>. And it was a custom <02706> in Israel <03478>,
40 That the daughters <01323> of Israel <03478> went <03212> (8799) yearly <03117> <03117> to lament <08567> (8763) the daughter <01323> of Jephthah <03316> the Gileadite <01569> four <0702> days <03117> in a year <08141>.