And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon. ] Being willing to give him all the satisfaction he could, and if possible live peaceably with him, and prevent the effusion of blood.
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And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight against my land?
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And the king of the children of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok and unto the Jordan; and now restore it peaceably.
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And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon,
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and said to him, Thus saith Jephthah: Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon.
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But when they came up from Egypt, then Israel walked through the wilderness as far as the Red sea, and came to Kadesh.