Judges 11:15-27

Judges 11:15-27

[15] And said  Jephthah,  Israel  took not away  the land  of Moab,  nor the land  of the children  of Ammon:  [16] But when Israel  came up  from Egypt,  through the wilderness  unto the Red  sea,  and came  to Kadesh;  [17] Then Israel  sent  messengers  unto the king  of Edom,  saying,  Let me, I pray thee, pass through  thy land:  but the king  of Edom  would not hearken  thereto. And in like manner they sent  unto the king  of Moab:  but he would  not consent: and Israel  abode  in Kadesh.  [18] through the wilderness,  and compassed  the land  of Edom,  and the land  of Moab,  and came  by the east side  of the land  of Moab,  and pitched  on the other side  of Arnon,  but came  not within the border  of Moab:  for Arnon  was the border  of Moab.  [19] And Israel  sent  messengers  unto Sihon  king  of the Amorites,  the king  of Heshbon;  and Israel  said  unto him, Let us pass,  we pray thee, through thy land  into  my place.  [20] But Sihon  trusted  not Israel  to pass  through his coast:  but Sihon  all his people  together,  and pitched  in Jahaz,  and fought  against Israel.  [21] And the LORD  God  of Israel  delivered  Sihon  and all his people  into the hand  of Israel,  and they smote  them: so Israel  possessed  all the land  of the Amorites,  the inhabitants  of that country.  [22] And they possessed  all the coasts  of the Amorites,  from Arnon  even unto Jabbok,  and from the wilderness  even unto Jordan.  [23] So now the LORD  God  of Israel  hath dispossessed  the Amorites  from before  his people  Israel,  and shouldest thou possess  [24] Wilt not thou possess  that which Chemosh  thy god  giveth thee to possess?  So whomsoever the LORD  our God  shall drive out  from before  us, them will we possess.  [25] And now art thou any thing better  than Balak  the son  of Zippor,  king  of Moab?  did he ever  against Israel,  or did he ever  against them, [26] While Israel  dwelt  in Heshbon  and her towns,  and in Aroer  and her towns,  and in all the cities  that be along by the coasts  of Arnon,  three  hundred  years?  why therefore did ye not recover  them within that time?  [27] Wherefore I have not sinned  against thee, but thou doest  me wrong  to war  against me: the LORD  the Judge  this day  between the children  of Israel  and the children  of Ammon.