BRAGADAYJAH 751
Jephthah Continued
“And the Lord God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the
hand of Israel, and they smote them; so Israel possessed all the land of the
Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. And Israel possessed all the coasts
of the Amorites from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto
the Jordan. So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from
before His people Israel, so should you now possess it? Do you not possess that
which Chemosh your god give you to possess?
So whomsoever the Lord our God drives out from before us, their lands
shall we possess. And so now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor,
king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel or did he ever fight against
them? While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns,
and in all the cities that be along the coasts of Arnon three hundred years? Why therefore did you not recover them all
that time? Therefore I have not sinned
against you, said Jephthah; but you are doing me wrong to come and war against
me. Therefore the Lord our God will this
day judge between Israel and the children of Ammon.”
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