nkjv Judges:11:13-27 SEEK
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And the king of the people of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah , "
Because Israel took away my land when they came up out of Egypt ,
from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok ,
and to the Jordan .
Now therefore ,
restore those lands peaceably ."
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So Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the people of Ammon ,
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and said to him , "
Thus says Jephthah : "
Israel did not take away the land of Moab ,
nor the land of the people of Ammon ;
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for when Israel came up from Egypt ,
they walked through the wilderness as far as the Red Sea and came to Kadesh .
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Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom ,
saying , "
Please let me pass through your land ."
But the king of Edom would not heed .
And in like manner they sent to the king of Moab ,
but he would not consent .
So Israel remained in Kadesh .
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And they went along through the wilderness and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab ,
came to the east side of the land of Moab ,
and encamped on the other side of the Arnon .
But they did not enter the border of Moab ,
for the Arnon was the border of Moab .
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Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites ,
king of Heshbon ;
and Israel said to him , "
Please let us pass through your land into our place ."
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But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory .
So Sihon gathered all his people together ,
encamped in Jahaz ,
and fought against Israel .
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And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel ,
and they defeated them .
Thus Israel gained possession of all the land of the Amorites ,
who inhabited that country .
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They took possession of all the territory of the Amorites ,
from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan .
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And now the LORD God of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before His people Israel ;
should you then possess it ?
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Will you not possess whatever Chemosh your god gives you to possess ?
So whatever the LORD our God takes possession of before us ,
we will possess .
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And now ,
are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor ,
king of Moab ?
Did he ever strive against Israel ?
Did he ever fight against them ?
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While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its villages ,
in Aroer and its villages ,
and in all the cities along the banks of the Arnon ,
for three hundred years ,
why did you not recover them within that time ?
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Therefore I have not sinned against you ,
but you wronged me by fighting against me .
May the LORD ,
the Judge ,
render judgment this day between the children of Israel and the people of Ammon ."'