Judges 11:15 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 11:15

to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.

BSB

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ASV

and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon;

KJV

And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And said unto him,.... By his messengers: thus saith Jephthah; in a majestic style, as governor of Israel: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon; they were charged not to take any, nor did they take any that belonged to any of these countries, or that was then in the possession of either of them, Deu 2:9 what they did take was in the hands of Sihon and Og, and they had obtained it by conquest, and so no more belonging to either of these.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law Deu 31:26 was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah’s accurate knowledge of it; and this exact agreement of his message with Numbers and Deuteronomy would give additional force to the expression, “he uttered all his words before the Lord” Jdg 11:11. Jdg 11:17 No mention is made of this embassy to Moab in the Pentateuch. Jdg 11:19 Into my place - This expression implies that the trans-Jordanic possessions of Israel were not included in the land of Canaan properly speaking.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The bravest officers have always been averse to war; so Jephthah, whose courage was indisputable, resolved not only to make it clearly appear that hostilities were forced upon him, but to try measures for avoiding, if possible, an appeal to arms: and in pursuing such a course he was acting as became a leader in Israel (De 20:10-18).

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Original language & word study

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
ל֔וֹ	lo	to <the> him
כֹּ֖ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יִפְתָּ֑ח	yif.Tach	Jephthah	H3316 →
לֹֽא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
לָקַ֤ח	la.Kach	it has taken	H3947 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
מוֹאָ֔ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
אֶ֖רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
בְּנֵ֥י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
עַמּֽוֹן׃	a.Mon	Ammon	H5983 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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Deuteronomy 2:19
But when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 2:9
  Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants…
- Judges 11:13–27
  The 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,…
- Genesis 19:36–38
  Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
- 2 Chronicles 20:10
  And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt; but Israel turned away from them…
- Deuteronomy 2:5
  Do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.
Through
Deuteronomy 2:9
Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants…
leads to
- Genesis 19:36–37
  Thus both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.
- Numbers 21:15
  even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”
- Numbers 21:28
  For a fire went out from Heshbon, a blaze from the city of Sihon. It consumed Ar of Moab, the rulers of Arnon’s heights.

About Judges

Jephthah's Daughter Comes to Meet Her Father — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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