Judges 11:24-26
Evangelical Heritage Version
24 Shouldn’t you possess whatever Chemosh your god gives to you, but we should possess everything that the Lord our God takes for us to possess? 25 Also now, are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he have a valid quarrel with Israel? Did he have a reason to wage war against them?[a] 26 When Israel was living in Heshbon and its villages, in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities along the Arnon for three hundred years, why didn’t you take the land back at that time?
Footnotes
- Judges 11:25 The words valid and a reason in the two questions are not in the Hebrew text but are implied by the construction. Balak was, in fact, hostile to Israel and hired Balaam against them. Jephthah means that Balak had no valid complaint and no reason for hostility against Israel, any more than Ammon did.
Judges 11:24-26
New International Version
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) 26 For three hundred years Israel occupied(E) Heshbon, Aroer,(F) the surrounding settlements and all the towns along the Arnon. Why didn’t you retake them during that time?
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