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fuit illo tempore Iepthae Galaadites vir fortissimus atquepugnator filius meretricis mulieris qui natus est de Galaad

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habuit autem Galaad uxorem de qua suscepit filios quipostquam creverant eiecerunt Iepthae dicentes heres in domopatris nostri esse non poteris quia de altera matre generatuses

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quos ille fugiens atque devitans habitavit in terra Tobcongregatique sunt ad eum viri inopes et latrocinantes et quasiprincipem sequebantur

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in illis diebus pugnabant filii Ammon contra Israhel

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quibus acriter instantibus perrexerunt maiores natu deGalaad ut tollerent in auxilium sui Iepthae de terra Tob

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dixeruntque ad eum veni et esto princeps noster et pugnacontra filios Ammon

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quibus ille respondit nonne vos estis qui odistis me eteiecistis de domo patris mei et nunc venistis ad me necessitateconpulsi

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dixeruntque principes Galaad ad Iepthae ob hanc igiturcausam nunc ad te venimus ut proficiscaris nobiscum et pugnescontra filios Ammon sisque dux omnium qui habitant in Galaad

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Iepthae quoque dixit eis si vere venistis ad me ut pugnempro vobis contra filios Ammon tradideritque eos Dominus inmanus meas ego ero princeps vester

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qui responderunt ei Dominus qui haec audit ipse mediatorac testis est quod nostra promissa faciamus

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abiit itaque Iepthae cum principibus Galaad fecitque eumomnis populus principem sui locutusque est Iepthae omnessermones suos coram Domino in Maspha

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et misit nuntios ad regem filiorum Ammon qui ex personasua dicerent quid mihi et tibi est quia venisti contra me utvastares terram meam

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quibus ille respondit quia tulit Israhel terram meamquando ascendit de Aegypto a finibus Arnon usque Iaboc atqueIordanem nunc igitur cum pace redde mihi eam

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per quos rursum mandavit Iepthae et imperavit eis utdicerent regi Ammon

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haec dicit Iepthae non tulit Israhel terram Moab necterram filiorum Ammon

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sed quando de Aegypto conscenderunt ambulavit persolitudinem usque ad mare Rubrum et venit in Cades

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misitque nuntios ad regem Edom dicens dimitte ut transeamper terram tuam qui noluit adquiescere precibus eius misitquoque et ad regem Moab qui et ipse transitum praeberecontempsit mansit itaque in Cades

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et circuivit ex latere terram Edom et terram Moab venitquecontra orientalem plagam terrae Moab et castrametatus est transArnon nec voluit intrare terminos Moab Arnon quippe confiniumest terrae Moab

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misit itaque Israhel nuntios ad Seon regem Amorreorum quihabitabat in Esebon et dixerunt ei dimitte ut transeam perterram tuam usque ad fluvium

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qui et ipse Israhel verba despiciens non dimisit eumtransire per terminos suos sed infinita multitudine congregataegressus est contra eum in Iassa et fortiter resistebat

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tradiditque eum Dominus in manu Israhel cum omni exercitusuo qui percussit eum et possedit omnem terram Amorreihabitatoris regionis illius

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et universos fines eius de Arnon usque Iaboc et desolitudine usque ad Iordanem

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Dominus ergo Deus Israhel subvertit Amorreum pugnantecontra illum populo suo Israhel et tu nunc vis possidere terrameius

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nonne ea quae possedit Chamos deus tuus tibi iure debenturquae autem Dominus Deus noster victor obtinuit in nostramcedent possessionem

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nisi forte melior es Balac filio Sepphor rege Moab autdocere potes quod iurgatus sit contra Israhel et pugnaveritcontra eum

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quando habitavit in Esebon et viculis eius et in Aroer etvillis illius vel in cunctis civitatibus iuxta Iordanem pertrecentos annos quare tanto tempore nihil super hac repetitionetemptastis

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igitur non ego pecco in te sed tu contra me male agisindicens mihi bella non iusta iudicet Dominus arbiter huiusdiei inter Israhel et inter filios Ammon

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noluitque adquiescere rex filiorum Ammon verbis Iepthaequae per nuntios mandaverat

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factus est ergo super Iepthae spiritus Domini etcircumiens Galaad et Manasse Maspha quoque Galaad et indetransiens ad filios Ammon

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votum vovit Domino dicens si tradideris filios Ammon inmanus meas

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quicumque primus fuerit egressus de foribus domus meaemihique occurrerit revertenti cum pace a filiis Ammon eumholocaustum offeram Domino

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transivitque Iepthae ad filios Ammon ut pugnaret contraeos quos tradidit Dominus in manus eius

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percussitque ab Aroer usque dum venias in Mennith viginticivitates et usque ad Abel quae est vineis consita plaga magnanimis humiliatique sunt filii Ammon a filiis Israhel

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revertenti autem Iepthae in Maspha domum suam occurritunigenita filia cum tympanis et choris non enim habebat aliosliberos

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qua visa scidit vestimenta sua et ait heu filia midecepisti me et ipsa decepta es aperui enim os meum ad Dominumet aliud facere non potero

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cui illa respondit pater mi si aperuisti os tuum adDominum fac mihi quodcumque pollicitus es concessa tibi ultioneatque victoria de hostibus tuis

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dixitque ad patrem hoc solum mihi praesta quod deprecordimitte me ut duobus mensibus circumeam montes et plangamvirginitatem meam cum sodalibus meis

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cui ille respondit vade et dimisit eam duobus mensibuscumque abisset cum sociis ac sodalibus suis flebat virginitatemsuam in montibus

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expletisque duobus mensibus reversa est ad patrem suum etfecit ei sicut voverat quae ignorabat virum exinde mosincrebuit in Israhel et consuetudo servata est

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ut post anni circulum conveniant in unum filiae Israhel etplangant filiam Iepthae Galaaditae diebus quattuor

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011:001
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.

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And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman.

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Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him.

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And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel.

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And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob:

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And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon.

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And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

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And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

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And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

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And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.

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Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh.

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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?

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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.

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And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon:

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And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

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But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh;

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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.

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Then they went along 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.

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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.

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But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel.

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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.

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And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan.

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So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?

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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.

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And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

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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?

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Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.

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Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him.

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Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

011:030
And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands,

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Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

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So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands.

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And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

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And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

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And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back.

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And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon.

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And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

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And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

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And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel,

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That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.

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