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Judges 11:18 (RSV) Revised Standard Version

1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. Gilead was the father of Jephthah.
2 And Gilead's wife also bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they thrust Jephthah out, 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 dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless fellows collected round Jephthah, and went raiding with him.
4 After a time the Ammonites made war against Israel.
5 And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah from the land of Tob;
6 and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites."
7 But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me, and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?"
8 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight with the Ammonites, and 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 Ammonites, and the LORD gives them over to me, I will be your head."
10 And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD will be witness between us; we will surely do as you say."
11 So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD at Mizpah.
12 Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said, "What have you against me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?"
13 And the king of the Ammonites answered the messengers of Jephthah, "Because Israel on coming from Egypt took away my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore restore it peaceably."
14 And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the Ammonites
15 and said to him, "Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites,
16 but when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
17 Israel then sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, `Let us pass, we pray, through your land'; but the king of Edom would not listen. And they sent also to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh.
18 Then they journeyed through the wilderness, and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and arrived on the east side of the land of Moab, and camped on the other side of the Arnon; but they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab.
19 Israel then sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, `Let us pass, we pray, through your land to our country.'
20 But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; so Sihon gathered all his people together, and encamped at Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
21 And the LORD, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them; so Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited that country.
22 And they took possession of all the territory of the Amorites from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
23 So then the LORD, the God of Israel, dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel; and are you to take possession of them?
24 Will you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? And all that the LORD our God has dispossessed before us, we will possess.
25 Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them?
26 While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time?
27 I therefore have not sinned against you, and you do me wrong by making war on me; the LORD, the Judge, decide this day between the people of Israel and the people of Ammon."
28 But the king of the Ammonites did not heed the message of Jephthah which he sent to him.
29 Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites.
30 And Jephthah made a vow to the LORD, and said, "If thou wilt give the Ammonites into my hand,
31 then whoever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the LORD's, and I will offer him up for a burnt offering."
32 So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them; and the LORD gave them into his hand.
33 And he smote them from Aroer to the neighborhood of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abelkeramim, with a very great slaughter. So the Ammonites were subdued before the people of Israel.
34 Then Jephthah came to his home at Mizpah; and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances; she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.
35 And when he saw her, he rent his clothes, and said, "Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you have become the cause of great trouble to me; for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot take back my vow."
36 And she said to him, "My father, if you have opened your mouth to the LORD, do to me according to what has gone forth from your mouth, now that the LORD has avenged you on your enemies, on the Ammonites."
37 And she said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander on 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 at the end of two months, she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had made. She had never known a man. And it became a custom in Israel
40 that the daughters of Israel went year by year to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.
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
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