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 he sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, to say in his name: What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me, to waste my land?
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And he answered them: Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the confines of the Arnon unto the Jaboc and the Jordan: now, therefore, restore the same peaceably to me.
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And Jephte again sent word by them, and commanded them to say to the king of Ammon:
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Thus saith Jephte: Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:
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But when they came up out of Egypt, he walked through the desert to the Red Sea, and came into Cades.