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So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?
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God's Sovereign Gift
Jephthah's argument hinges on a crucial theological point: it was 'Jehovah, the God of Israel,' who conquered the Amorites and gave the land to His people. Commentators stress that this was God's doing, not Israel's. Therefore, Israel holds the land by divine right, making the Ammonites' claim a challenge not just to Israel, but to the God who gave them the territory.
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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
Should you possess it? —Is it likely that Israel would fight battles solely to benefit Ammon and Moab?
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
So now the Lord God of Israel has dispossessed the Amoritesfrom before his people Israel
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