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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?
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Community Complicity
Commentators explain that Jephthah's accusation was not just against his immediate family. The "elders of Gilead," as community leaders, were also responsible for his expulsion. They either actively participated or, at the very least, permitted the injustice to happen, making his rejection a community-wide failure.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This gives a wider signification to Judges 11:2-3, and shows that Jephthah’s “brethren” include his fellow tribesmen.
19th Century
Anglican
Did not ye hate me? —The elders of Gilead must at least have permitted his expulsion by his brethren.
There…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead In answer to their request; who though not backward to engage in the war w…
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