23 Now therefore the Lord God of Israel hath cast out the Amorites before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

24 Wouldest not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the [a]Lord our God driveth out before us, them will we possess.

25 (A)And art thou now far better than Balak the son of Zippor king of Moab? did he not strive with Israel and fight against them,

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:24 For we ought more to believe and obey God, than thou thine idols.

23 “Now since the Lord, the God of Israel, has driven the Amorites out before his people Israel, what right have you to take it over? 24 Will you not take what your god Chemosh(A) gives you? Likewise, whatever the Lord our God has given us,(B) we will possess. 25 Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor,(C) king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with Israel or fight with them?(D)

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