Judges 11:24

Wilt thou not inherit those possessions which Chamos thy god shall cause thee to inherit; and shall not we inherit the land of all those whom the Lord our God has removed from before + 11:24 So the text; but ἡμῶν, us is undoubtedly the true reading.you?

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

23And now the Lord God of Israel has removed the Amorite from before his people Israel, and shalt thou inherit + 11:23 Gr. him.his land?

25And now art thou any better than Balac son of Sepphor, king of Moab? Did he indeed fight with Israel, or indeed make war with him,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 9:4Speak not in thine heart, when the Lord thy God has destroyed these nations before thy face, saying, For my righteousness the Lord brought me in to inherit this good land.

Joshua 3:10Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and will utterly destroy from before our face the Chananite, and the Chettite and Pherezite, and the Evite, and the Amorite, and the Gergesite, and the Jebusite.

Judges 2:1And an angel of the Lord went up from Galgal to the + 2:1 Heb. ככיס. place of weeping, and to Bæthel, and to the house of Israel, and said to them, Thus says the Lord, I brought you up out of Egypt, and I brought you into the land which I sware to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant that I have made with you.

Psalms 44:2My heart + 44:2 Lit. eructavit.has uttered a good matter: I declare my works to the king: my tongue is the pen of a quick writer.

Jeremiah 48:7And it came to pass, when they had entered into the midst of the city, that he slew them and cast them into a pit.

Micah 4:5For all other nations shall walk every one in his own way, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.

Matthew Henry on Judges 11:13-29

The War with the Ammonites. ( b. c. 1143.) 12 And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? 13 And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children… Read the whole commentary →

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