Juízes 11:23

23 “Agora que o SENHOR, o Deus de Israel, expulsou os amorreus da presença de Israel, seu povo, queres tu tomá-la?

Juízes 11:23 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 11:23

So now the Lord God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites
from before his people Israel
It is his doing, and not the work of the Israelites; it is he that dispossessed the Amorites, and put the Israelites into the possession of their land, and therefore they enjoy it by a good tenure:

and shouldest thou possess it?
what through the blessing of God on their arms they have obtained by conquest, and he has settled them in; did they conquer, that thou should possess what they conquered? did their God put it into their hands to deliver it into thine? did they fight to recover for thee what thou hadst lost, and to put thee into the possession of it? did not they fight in their own defence, and their enemies and their land fell into their hands, and by the laws and right of nations became theirs? and canst thou expect to possess it? what reason is there for it?

Juízes 11:23 In-Context

21 “Então o SENHOR, o Deus de Israel, entregou Seom e todos os seus homens nas mãos de Israel, e este os derrotou. Israel tomou posse de todas as terras dos amorreus que viviam naquela região,

22 conquistando-a por inteiro, desde o Arnom até o Jaboque, e desde o deserto até o Jordão.

23 “Agora que o SENHOR, o Deus de Israel, expulsou os amorreus da presença de Israel, seu povo, queres tu tomá-la?

24 Acaso não tomas posse daquilo que o teu deus Camos te dá? Da mesma forma tomaremos posse do que o SENHOR, o nosso Deus, nos deu.

25 És tu melhor do que Balaque, filho de Zipor, rei de Moabe? Entrou ele alguma vez em conflito com Israel ou lutou com ele?