Judges 11:34 Verse Cross Referencess In Multiple Versions

Exodus 15:20

• 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Judges 10:17

• 17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh.

Judges 11:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

• 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
• 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.
• 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.
• 4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
• 5 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 Tob:
• 6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
• 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
• 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
• 9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
• 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
• 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.
• 12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land?
• 13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
• 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:
• 15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
• 16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;
• 17 Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
• 18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab.
• 19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place.
• 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
• 21 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.
• 22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.
• 23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?
• 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.
• 25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
• 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time?
• 27 Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
• 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
• 29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
• 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,
• 31 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, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
• 32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.
• 33 And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
• 34 And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
• 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.
• 36 And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.
• 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.
• 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
• 39 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,
• 40 That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

Psalms 68:25

• 25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.

Jeremiah 31:4

• 4 Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Exodus 15:20

• 20 And Miriam ^H4813 the prophetess, ^H5031 the sister ^H269 of Aaron, ^H175 took ^{H3947 H853} a timbrel ^H8596 in her hand; ^H3027 and all ^H3605 the women ^H802 went out ^H3318 after ^H310 her with timbrels ^H8596 and with dances. ^H4246

Judges 10:17

• 17 Then the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 were gathered together, ^H6817 and encamped ^H2583 in Gilead. ^H1568 And the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 assembled themselves together, ^H622 and encamped ^H2583 in Mizpeh. ^H4709

Judges 11:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

• 1 Now Jephthah ^H3316 the Gileadite ^H1569 was ^H1961 a mighty man ^H1368 of valor, ^H2428 and he ^H1931 was the son ^H1121 of a harlot ^{H802 H2181} : and Gilead ^H1568 begot ^{H3205 H853} Jephthah. ^H3316
• 2 And Gilead's ^H1568 wife ^H802 bore ^H3205 him sons; ^H1121 and his wife's ^H802 sons ^H1121 grew up, ^H1431 and they thrust out ^{H1644 H853} Jephthah, ^H3316 and said ^H559 unto him , Thou shalt not ^H3808 inherit ^H5157 in our father's ^H1 house; ^H1004 for ^H3588 thou ^H859 art the son ^H1121 of a strange ^H312 woman. ^H802
• 3 Then Jephthah ^H3316 fled ^H1272 from ^{H4480 H6440} his brethren, ^H251 and dwelt ^H3427 in the land ^H776 of Tob: ^H2897 and there were gathered ^H3950 vain ^H7386 men ^H376 to ^H413 Jephthah, ^H3316 and went out ^H3318 with ^H5973 him.
• 4 And it came to pass ^H1961 in process of time ^{H4480 H3117} , that the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 made war ^H3898 against ^H5973 Israel. ^H3478
• 5 And it was ^H1961 so , that when ^H834 the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 made war ^H3898 against ^H5973 Israel, ^H3478 the elders ^H2205 of Gilead ^H1568 went ^H1980 to fetch ^{H3947 H853} Jephthah ^H3316 out of the land ^{H4480 H776} of Tob: ^H2897
• 6 And they said ^H559 unto Jephthah, ^H3316 Come, ^H1980 and be ^H1961 our captain, ^H7101 that we may fight ^H3898 with the children ^H1121 of Ammon. ^H5983
• 7 And Jephthah ^H3316 said ^H559 unto the elders ^H2205 of Gilead, ^H1568 Did not ^H3808 ye ^H859 hate ^H8130 me , and expel ^H1644 me out of my father's ^H1 house ^{H4480 H1004} ? and why ^H4069 are ye come ^H935 unto ^H413 me now ^H6258 when ^H834 ye are in distress ^H6862 ?
• 8 And the elders ^H2205 of Gilead ^H1568 said ^H559 unto ^H413 Jephthah, ^H3316 Therefore ^H3651 we turn again ^H7725 to ^H413 thee now, ^H6258 that thou mayest go ^H1980 with ^H5973 us , and fight ^H3898 against the children ^H1121 of Ammon, ^H5983 and be ^H1961 our head ^H7218 over all ^H3605 the inhabitants ^H3427 of Gilead. ^H1568
• 9 And Jephthah ^H3316 said ^H559 unto ^H413 the elders ^H2205 of Gilead, ^H1568 If ^H518 ye ^H859 bring me home again ^{H7725 H853} to fight ^H3898 against the children ^H1121 of Ammon, ^H5983 and the LORD ^H3068 deliver ^H5414 them before ^H6440 me , shall I ^H595 be ^H1961 your head ^H7218 ?
• 10 And the elders ^H2205 of Gilead ^H1568 said ^H559 unto ^H413 Jephthah, ^H3316 The LORD ^H3068 be ^H1961 witness ^H8085 between ^H996 us, if ^H518 we do ^H6213 not ^H3808 so ^H3651 according to thy words. ^H1697
• 11 Then Jephthah ^H3316 went ^H1980 with ^H5973 the elders ^H2205 of Gilead, ^H1568 and the people ^H5971 made ^H7760 him head ^H7218 and captain ^H7101 over ^H5921 them : and Jephthah ^H3316 uttered ^{H1696 H853} all ^H3605 his words ^H1697 before ^H6440 the LORD ^H3068 in Mizpeh. ^H4709
• 12 And Jephthah ^H3316 sent ^H7971 messengers ^H4397 unto ^H413 the king ^H4428 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon, ^H5983 saying, ^H559 What ^H4100 hast thou to do with me, that ^H3588 thou art come ^H935 against ^H413 me to fight ^H3898 in my land ^H776 ?
• 13 And the king ^H4428 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 answered ^H559 unto ^H413 the messengers ^H4397 of Jephthah, ^H3316 Because ^H3588 Israel ^H3478 took away ^{H3947 H853} my land, ^H776 when they came up ^H5927 out of Egypt ^{H4480 H4714} , from Arnon ^{H4480 H769} even unto ^H5704 Jabbok, ^H2999 and unto ^H5704 Jordan: ^H3383 now ^H6258 therefore restore those lands again ^{H7725 H853} peaceably. ^H7965
• 14 And Jephthah ^H3316 sent ^H7971 messengers ^H4397 again ^{H3254 H5750} unto ^H413 the king ^H4428 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon: ^H5983
• 15 And said ^H559 unto him, Thus ^H3541 saith ^H559 Jephthah, ^H3316 Israel ^H3478 took not away ^{H3947 H3808 H853} the land ^H776 of Moab, ^H4124 nor the land ^H776 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon: ^H5983
• 16 But ^H3588 when Israel ^H3478 came up ^H5927 from Egypt ^{H4480 H4714} , and walked ^H1980 through the wilderness ^H4057 unto ^H5704 the Red ^H5488 sea, ^H3220 and came ^H935 to Kadesh; ^H6946
• 17 Then Israel ^H3478 sent ^H7971 messengers ^H4397 unto ^H413 the king ^H4428 of Edom, ^H123 saying, ^H559 Let me , I pray thee, ^H4994 pass ^H5674 through thy land: ^H776 but the king ^H4428 of Edom ^H123 would not ^H3808 hearken ^H8085 thereto . And in like manner ^H1571 they sent ^H7971 unto ^H413 the king ^H4428 of Moab: ^H4124 but he would ^H14 not ^H3808 consent : and Israel ^H3478 abode ^H3427 in Kadesh. ^H6946
• 18 Then they went along ^H1980 through the wilderness, ^H4057 and compassed the land ^H776 of Edom, ^H123 and the land ^H776 of Moab, ^H4124 and came ^H935 by the east side ^{H4480 H4217 H8121} of the land ^H776 of Moab, ^H4124 and pitched ^H2583 on the other side ^H5676 of Arnon, ^H769 but came ^H935 not ^H3808 within the border ^H1366 of Moab: ^H4124 for ^H3588 Arnon ^H769 was the border ^H1366 of Moab. ^H4124
• 19 And Israel ^H3478 sent ^H7971 messengers ^H4397 unto ^H413 Sihon ^H5511 king ^H4428 of the Amorites, ^H567 the king ^H4428 of Heshbon; ^H2809 and Israel ^H3478 said ^H559 unto him , Let us pass, ^H5674 we pray thee, ^H4994 through thy land ^H776 into ^H5704 my place. ^H4725
• 20 But Sihon ^H5511 trusted ^H539 not ^{H3808 H853} Israel ^H3478 to pass ^H5674 through his coast: ^H1366 but Sihon ^H5511 gathered all his people together ^{H622 H853 H3605 H5971} , and pitched ^H2583 in Jahaz, ^H3096 and fought ^H3898 against ^H5973 Israel. ^H3478
• 21 And the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel ^H3478 delivered ^{H5414 H853} Sihon ^H5511 and all ^H3605 his people ^H5971 into the hand ^H3027 of Israel, ^H3478 and they smote ^H5221 them : so Israel ^H3478 possessed ^{H3423 H853} all ^H3605 the land ^H776 of the Amorites, ^H567 the inhabitants ^H3427 of that ^H1931 country. ^H776
• 22 And they possessed ^{H3423 H853} all ^H3605 the coasts ^H1366 of the Amorites, ^H567 from Arnon ^{H4480 H769} even unto ^H5704 Jabbok, ^H2999 and from ^H4480 the wilderness ^H4057 even unto ^H5704 Jordan. ^H3383
• 23 So now ^H6258 the LORD ^H3068 God ^H430 of Israel ^H3478 hath dispossessed ^{H3423 H853} the Amorites ^H567 from before ^{H4480 H6440} his people ^H5971 Israel, ^H3478 and shouldest thou ^H859 possess ^H3423 it?
• 24 Wilt not ^H3808 thou possess ^{H3423 H853} that which ^H834 Chemosh ^H3645 thy god ^H430 giveth thee to possess ^H3423 ? So whomsoever ^{H3605 H834} the LORD ^H3068 our God ^H430 shall drive out ^H3423 from before ^{H4480 H6440} us , them will we possess. ^H3423
• 25 And now ^H6258 art thou ^H859 any thing better ^{H2896 H2896} than Balak ^{H4480 H1111} the son ^H1121 of Zippor, ^H6834 king ^H4428 of Moab ^H4124 ? did he ever strive ^{H7378 H7378} against ^H5973 Israel, ^H3478 or ^H518 did he ever fight ^{H3898 H3898} against them,
• 26 While Israel ^H3478 dwelt ^H3427 in Heshbon ^H2809 and her towns, ^H1323 and in Aroer ^H6177 and her towns, ^H1323 and in all ^H3605 the cities ^H5892 that ^H834 be along by ^H5921 the coasts ^H3027 of Arnon, ^H769 three ^H7969 hundred ^H3967 years ^H8141 ? why ^H4069 therefore did ye not ^H3808 recover ^H5337 them within that ^H1931 time ^H6256 ?
• 27 Wherefore I ^H595 have not ^H3808 sinned ^H2398 against thee , but thou ^H859 doest ^H6213 me wrong ^H7451 to war ^H3898 against me : the LORD ^H3068 the Judge ^H8199 be judge ^H8199 this day ^H3117 between ^H996 the children ^H1121 of Israel ^H3478 and the children ^H1121 of Ammon. ^H5983
• 28 Howbeit the king ^H4428 of the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 hearkened ^H8085 not ^H3808 unto ^H413 the words ^H1697 of Jephthah ^H3316 which ^H834 he sent ^{H7971 H413} him.
• 29 Then the Spirit ^H7307 of the LORD ^H3068 came ^H1961 upon ^H5921 Jephthah, ^H3316 and he passed over ^{H5674 H853} Gilead, ^H1568 and Manasseh, ^H4519 and passed over ^{H5674 H853} Mizpeh ^H4708 of Gilead, ^H1568 and from Mizpeh ^{H4480 H4708} of Gilead ^H1568 he passed over ^H5674 unto the children ^H1121 of Ammon. ^H5983
• 30 And Jephthah ^H3316 vowed ^H5087 a vow ^H5088 unto the LORD, ^H3068 and said, ^H559 If ^H518 thou shalt without fail deliver ^{H5414 H5414 H853} the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 into mine hands, ^H3027
• 31 Then it shall be, ^H1961 that whatsoever ^H834 cometh forth ^H3318 of the doors ^{H4480 H1817} of my house ^H1004 to meet ^H7125 me , when I return ^H7725 in peace ^H7965 from the children ^{H4480 H1121} of Ammon, ^H5983 shall surely be ^H1961 the LORD's ^H3068 , and I will offer it up ^H5927 for a burnt offering. ^H5930
• 32 So Jephthah ^H3316 passed over ^H5674 unto ^H413 the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 to fight ^H3898 against them ; and the LORD ^H3068 delivered ^H5414 them into his hands. ^H3027
• 33 And he smote ^H5221 them from Aroer ^{H4480 H6177} , even till ^H5704 thou come ^H935 to Minnith, ^H4511 even twenty ^H6242 cities, ^H5892 and unto ^H5704 the plain ^H58 of the vineyards, ^H3754 with a very ^H3966 great ^H1419 slaughter. ^H4347 Thus the children ^H1121 of Ammon ^H5983 were subdued ^H3665 before ^{H4480 H6440} the children ^H1121 of Israel. ^H3478
• 34 And Jephthah ^H3316 came ^H935 to Mizpeh ^H4709 unto ^H413 his house, ^H1004 and, behold, ^H2009 his daughter ^H1323 came out ^H3318 to meet ^H7125 him with timbrels ^H8596 and with dances: ^H4246 and she ^H1931 was his only child; ^H3173 beside ^H4480 her he had neither ^H369 son ^H1121 nor ^H176 daughter. ^H1323
• 35 And it came to pass, ^H1961 when he saw ^H7200 her , that he rent ^{H7167 H853} his clothes, ^H899 and said, ^H559 Alas, ^H162 my daughter ^H1323 ! thou hast brought me very low ^{H3766 H3766} , and thou ^H859 art ^H1961 one of them that trouble ^H5916 me : for I ^H595 have opened ^H6475 my mouth ^H6310 unto ^H413 the LORD, ^H3068 and I cannot ^{H3808 H3201} go back. ^H7725
• 36 And she said ^H559 unto ^H413 him , My father, ^H1 if thou hast opened ^{H6475 H853} thy mouth ^H6310 unto ^H413 the LORD, ^H3068 do ^H6213 to me according to that which ^H834 hath proceeded out ^H3318 of thy mouth ^{H4480 H6310} ; forasmuch ^{H310 H834} as the LORD ^H3068 hath taken ^H6213 vengeance ^H5360 for thee of thine enemies ^{H4480 H341} , even of the children ^{H4480 H1121} of Ammon. ^H5983
• 37 And she said ^H559 unto ^H413 her father, ^H1 Let this ^H2088 thing ^H1697 be done ^H6213 for me : let me alone ^{H7503 H4480} two ^H8147 months, ^H2320 that I may go up ^H1980 and down ^H3381 upon ^H5921 the mountains, ^H2022 and bewail ^{H1058 H5921} my virginity, ^H1331 I ^H595 and my fellows. ^H7464
• 38 And he said, ^H559 Go. ^H1980 And he sent her away ^{H7971 H853} for two ^H8147 months: ^H2320 and she ^H1931 went ^H1980 with her companions, ^H7464 and bewailed ^{H1058 H5921} her virginity ^H1331 upon ^H5921 the mountains. ^H2022
• 39 And it came to pass ^H1961 at the end ^{H4480 H7093} of two ^H8147 months, ^H2320 that she returned ^H7725 unto ^H413 her father, ^H1 who did ^H6213 with her according to ^H853 his vow ^H5088 which ^H834 he had vowed: ^H5087 and she ^H1931 knew ^H3045 no ^H3808 man. ^H376 And it was ^H1961 a custom ^H2706 in Israel, ^H3478
• 40 That the daughters ^H1323 of Israel ^H3478 went ^H1980 yearly ^{H4480 H3117 H3117} to lament ^H8567 the daughter ^H1323 of Jephthah ^H3316 the Gileadite ^H1569 four ^H702 days ^H3117 in a year. ^H8141

Psalms 68:25

• 25 The singers ^H7891 went before, ^H6923 the players on instruments ^H5059 followed after; ^H310 among ^H8432 them were the damsels ^H5959 playing with timbrels. ^H8608

Jeremiah 31:4

• 4 Again ^H5750 I will build ^H1129 thee , and thou shalt be built, ^H1129 O virgin ^H1330 of Israel: ^H3478 thou shalt again ^H5750 be adorned ^H5710 with thy tabrets, ^H8596 and shalt go forth ^H3318 in the dances ^H4234 of them that make merry. ^H7832

Exodus 15:20

• 20 And Miriam the inspired one, sister of Aaron, taketh the timbrel in her hand, and all the women go out after her, with timbrels and with choruses;

Judges 10:17

• 17 And the Bene-Ammon are called together, and encamp in Gilead, and the sons of Israel are gathered together, and encamp in Mizpah.

Judges 11:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

• 1 And Jephthah the Gileadite hath been a mighty man of valour, and he is son of a woman, a harlot; and Gilead begetteth Jephthah,
• 2 and the wife of Gilead beareth to him sons, and the wife`s sons grow up and cast out Jephthah, and say to him, `Thou dost not inherit in the house of our father; for son of another woman art thou.`
• 3 And Jephthah fleeth from the face of his brethren, and dwelleth in the land of Tob; and vain men gather themselves together unto Jephthah, and they go out with him.
• 4 And it cometh to pass, after a time, that the Bene-Ammon fight with Israel,
• 5 and it cometh to pass, when the Bene-Ammon have fought with Israel, that the elders of Gilead go to take Jephthah from the land of Tob;
• 6 and they say unto Jephthah, `Come, and thou hast been to us for captain, and we fight against the Bene-Ammon.`
• 7 And Jephthah saith to the elders of Gilead, `Have not ye hated me? and ye cast me out from the house of my father, and wherefore have ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?`
• 8 and the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Therefore, now, we have turned back unto thee; and thou hast gone with us, and fought against the Bene-Ammon, and thou hast been to us for head -- to all the inhabitants of Gilead.`
• 9 And Jephthah saith unto the elders of Gilead, `If ye are taking me back to fight against the Bene-Ammon, and Jehovah hath given them before me -- I, am I to you for a head?`
• 10 And the elders of Gilead say unto Jephthah, `Jehovah is hearkening between us -- if according to thy word we do not so.`
• 11 And Jephthah goeth with the elders of Gilead, and the people set him over them for head and for captain, and Jephthah speaketh all his words before Jehovah in Mizpeh.
• 12 And Jephthah sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon, saying, `What -- to me and to thee, that thou hast come in unto me, to fight in my land.`
• 13 And the king of the Bene-Ammon saith unto the messengers of Jephthah, `Because Israel took my land in his coming up out of Egypt, from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan; and now, restore them in peace.`
• 14 And Jephthah addeth yet and sendeth messengers unto the king of the Bene-Ammon,
• 15 and saith to him, `Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and the land of the Bene-Ammon,
• 16 for in their coming up out of Egypt, Israel goeth in the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and cometh in to Kadesh,
• 17 and Israel sendeth messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me pass over, I pray thee, through thy land, and the king of Edom hearkened not; and also unto the king of Moab hath Israel sent, and he hath not been willing; and Israel abideth in Kadesh,
• 18 and he goeth through the wilderness, and compasseth the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and cometh in at the rising of the sun of the land of Moab, and they encamp beyond Arnon, and have not come into the border of Moab, for Arnon is the border of Moab.
• 19 `And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon, king of the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and Israel saith to him, Let us pass over, we pray thee, through thy land, unto my place,
• 20 and Sihon hath not trusted Israel to pass over through his border, and Sihon gathereth all his people, and they encamp in Jahaz, and fight with Israel;
• 21 and Jehovah, God of Israel, giveth Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smite them, and Israel possesseth all the land of the Amorite, the inhabitant of that land,
• 22 and they possess all the border of the Amorite from Arnon, and unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness, and unto the Jordan.
• 23 `And now, Jehovah, God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorite from the presence of His people Israel, and thou wouldst possess it!
• 24 That which Chemosh thy god causeth thee to possess -- dost thou not possess it? and all that which Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from our presence, -- it we do possess.
• 25 `And now, art thou at all better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he at all strive with Israel? did he at all fight against them?
• 26 In Israel`s dwelling in Heshbon and in its towns, and in Aroer and in its towns, and in all the cities which are by the sides of Arnon three hundred years -- and wherefore have ye not delivered them in that time?
• 27 And I -- I have not sinned against thee, and thou art doing with me evil -- to fight against me. Jehovah, the Judge, doth judge to-day between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.`
• 28 And the king of the Bene-Ammon hath not hearkened unto the words of Jephthah which he sent unto him,
• 29 and the Spirit of Jehovah is on Jephthah, and he passeth over Gilead and Manasseh, and passeth over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he hath passed over to the Bene-Ammon.
• 30 And Jephthah voweth a vow to Jehovah, and saith, `If Thou dost at all give the Bene-Ammon into my hand --
• 31 then it hath been, that which at all cometh out from the doors of my house to meet me in my turning back in peace from the Bene-Ammon -- it hath been to Jehovah, or I have offered up for it -- a burnt-offering.`
• 32 And Jephthah passeth over unto the Bene-Ammon to fight against them, and Jehovah giveth them into his hand,
• 33 and he smiteth them from Aroer, and unto thy going in to Minnith, twenty cities, and unto the meadow of the vineyards -- a very great smiting; and the Bene-Ammon are humbled at the presence of the sons of Israel.
• 34 And Jephthah cometh into Mizpeh, unto his house, and lo, his daughter is coming out to meet him with timbrels, and with choruses, and save her alone, he hath none, son or daughter.
• 35 And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, `Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I -- I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.`
• 36 And she saith unto him, `My father -- thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah, do to me as it hath gone out from thy mouth, after that Jehovah hath done for thee vengeance on thine enemies, on the Bene-Ammon.`
• 37 And she saith unto her father, `Let this thing be done to me; desist from me two months, and I go on, and have gone down on the hills, and I weep for my virginity -- I and my friends.`
• 38 And he saith, `Go;` and he sendeth her away two months, and she goeth, she and her friends, and she weepeth for her virginity on the hills;
• 39 and it cometh to pass at the end of two months that she turneth back unto her father, and he doth to her his vow which he hath vowed, and she knew not a man; and it is a statute in Israel:
• 40 from time to time the daughters of Israel go to talk to the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite, four days in a year.

Psalms 68:25

• 25 Singers have been before, Behind are players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.

Jeremiah 31:4

• 4 Again do I build thee, And thou hast been built, O virgin of Israel, Again thou puttest on thy tabrets, And hast gone out in the chorus of the playful.

Exodus 15:20

• 20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

Judges 10:17

• 17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.

Judges 11:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

• 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
• 2 And Gileads wife bare him sons; and when his wifes sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our fathers house; for thou art the son of another woman.
• 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
• 4 And it came to pass after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
• 5 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 Tob;
• 6 and they said unto Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
• 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and drive me out of my fathers house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?
• 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
• 9 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
• 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Jehovah shall be witness between us; surely according to thy word so will we do.
• 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spake all his words before Jehovah in Mizpah.
• 12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come unto me to fight against my land?
• 13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
• 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon;
• 15 and he said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,
• 16 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness unto the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
• 17 then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land; but the king of Edom hearkened not. And in like manner he sent unto the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
• 18 Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
• 19 And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land unto my place.
• 20 But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
• 21 And Jehovah, the 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.
• 22 And they possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto the Jordan.
• 23 So now Jehovah, the God of Israel, hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess them?
• 24 Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
• 25 And now art thou anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
• 26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; wherefore did ye not recover them within that time?
• 27 I therefore have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: Jehovah, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
• 28 Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
• 29 Then the Spirit of Jehovah came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.
• 30 And Jephthah vowed a vow unto Jehovah, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
• 31 then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovahs, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.
• 32 So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.
• 33 And he smote them from Aroer until thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
• 34 And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
• 35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I cannot go back.
• 36 And she said unto him, My father, thou hast opened thy mouth unto Jehovah; do unto me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth, forasmuch as Jehovah hath taken vengeance for thee on thine enemies, even on the children of Ammon.
• 37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
• 38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.
• 39 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 not man. And it was a custom in Israel,
• 40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

Psalms 68:25

• 25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

Jeremiah 31:4

• 4 Again will I build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: again shalt thou be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

Exodus 15:20

• 20 Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances.

Judges 10:17

• 17 Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. The children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpah.

Judges 11:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40

• 1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of a prostitute: and Gilead became the father of Jephthah.
• 2 Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove out Jephthah, and said to him, You shall not inherit in our father's house; for you are the son of another woman.
• 3 Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and lived in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain fellows to Jephthah, and they went out with him.
• 4 It happened after a while, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.
• 5 It was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah out of the land of Tob;
• 6 and they said to Jephthah, Come and be our chief, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.
• 7 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Didn't you hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? and why are you come to me now when you are in distress?
• 8 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and you shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
• 9 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
• 10 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Yahweh shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do.
• 11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them: and Jephthah spoke all his words before Yahweh in Mizpah.
• 12 Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you to do with me, that you are come to me to fight against my land?
• 13 The king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.
• 14 Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon;
• 15 and he said to him, Thus says Jephthah: Israel didn't take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon,
• 16 but when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea, and came to Kadesh;
• 17 then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Please let me pass through your land; but the king of Edom didn't listen. In the same way, he sent to the king of Moab; but he would not: and Israel abode in Kadesh.
• 18 Then they went through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and they encamped on the other side of the Arnon; but they didn't come within the border of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
• 19 Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land to my place.
• 20 But Sihon didn't trust Israel to pass through his border; but Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.
• 21 Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they struck them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
• 22 They possessed all the border of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan.
• 23 So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?
• 24 Won't you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
• 25 Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
• 26 While Israel lived in Heshbon and its towns, and in Aroer and its towns, and in all the cities that are along by the side of the Arnon, three hundred years; why didn't you recover them within that time?
• 27 I therefore have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me: Yahweh, the Judge, be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
• 28 However the king of the children of Ammon didn't listen to the words of Jephthah which he sent him.
• 29 Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon.
• 30 Jephthah vowed a vow to Yahweh, and said, If you will indeed deliver the children of Ammon into my hand,
• 31 then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
• 32 So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Yahweh delivered them into his hand.
• 33 He struck them from Aroer until you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to Abelcheramim, with a very great slaughter. So the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.
• 34 Jephthah came to Mizpah to his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
• 35 It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back.
• 36 She said to him, My father, you have opened your mouth to Yahweh; do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth, because Yahweh has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, even on the children of Ammon.
• 37 She said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may depart and go down on the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my companions.
• 38 He said, Go. He sent her away for two months: and she departed, she and her companions, and mourned her virginity on the mountains.
• 39 It happened at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she was a virgin. It was a custom in Israel,
• 40 that the daughters of Israel went yearly to celebrate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.