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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Now Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, "What is between you and me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?"
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The king of the sons of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, "Because Israel took away my land when they came up from Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and the Jordan; therefore, return them peaceably now."
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But Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the sons of Ammon,
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and they said to him, "Thus says Jephthah, 'Israel did not take away the land of Moab nor the land of the sons of Ammon.
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'For when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh,