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, saying, "What do you have against me that you have come to fight against me in my land?"
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The king of the Ammonites said to Jephthah's messengers, "When Israel came from Egypt, they seized my land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and the Jordan. Now 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 the land of the Ammonites.
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But when they came from Egypt, Israel traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.