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 {Ammonites}, saying, "What [is between] you and me that you have come to me to make war against my land?"
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And the king of the {Ammonites} said to Jephthah's messengers, "Because Israel took my land from [the] Arnon up to the Jabbok and the Jordan when they came up from Egypt; so then, restore it peacefully."
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Once again Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the {Ammonites},
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and he said to him, "Thus says Jephthah, 'Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the {Ammonites},
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because when they came up from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the {Red Sea} and went to Kadesh.
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