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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,
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A Rebuttal Based on History
Jephthah begins his diplomatic response by correcting the Ammonite king's false premise. Commentators explain that he is stating a historical fact: Israel was explicitly forbidden by God to take land from Moab or Ammon, and they obeyed. The land in question was taken from the Amorite king, Sihon, only after Sihon attacked Israel first.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law (Deuteronomy 31:26) was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah’s…
19th Century
Anglican
Took not away the land of Moab ... —What they took was the territory of Sihon, which they had never been forbidden to tak…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And said unto him By his messengers:
thus says Jephthah ; in a majestic style,…
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