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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Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, “What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?”
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The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
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Jephthah again sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites
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to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or of the Ammonites.
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But when Israel came up out of Egypt, they traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
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