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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Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, asking, "What have you got against Israel? Why have you come to attack our land?"
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The king of the Ammonites answered the messengers of Jephthah, "We are fighting Israel because you took our land when you came up from Egypt. You took our land from the Arnon River to the Jabbok River to the Jordan River. Now give our land back to us peacefully."
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Jephthah sent the messengers to the Ammonite king again.
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They said: "This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take the land of the people of Moab or Ammon.
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When the Israelites came out of Egypt, they went into the desert to the Red Sea and then to Kadesh.