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Book of Judges, Chapter 11

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Chapter 11 of Judges—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now 1Jephthah the Gileadite was a [a]valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. And Gilead [b]was the father of Jephthah.
  2. Gilead’s wife bore him sons; and when his wife’s sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, “You shall not have an inheritance in our father’s house, for you are the son of another woman.”
  3. So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of 2Tob; and worthless fellows gathered themselves [c]about Jephthah, and they went out with him.
  4. ¶ It came about after a while that 3the sons of Ammon fought against Israel.
  5. When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob;
  6. and they said to Jephthah, “Come and be our chief that we may fight against the sons of Ammon.”
  7. Then Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “4Did you not hate me and drive me from my father’s house? So why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?”
  8. The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “For this reason we have now returned to you, that you may go with us and fight with the sons of Ammon and 5become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
  9. So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you take me back to fight against the sons of Ammon and the LORD gives them up [d]to me, will I become your head?”
  10. The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “6The LORD is [e]witness between us; surely we will do [f]as you have said.”
  11. Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD at 7Mizpah.
  12. ¶ Now Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, “What is between you and me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”
  13. The king of the sons of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel 8took away my land when they came up from Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the 9Jabbok and the Jordan; therefore, return them peaceably now.”
  14. But Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the sons of Ammon,
  15. and they said to him, “Thus says Jephthah, ‘Israel did not take away the land of Moab nor the land of the sons of Ammon.
  16. For when they came up from Egypt, and Israel 10went through the wilderness to the [g]Red Sea and 11came to Kadesh,
  17. then Israel 12sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please let us pass through your land,” but the king of Edom would not listen. 13And they also sent to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh.
  18. Then they went through the wilderness and 14around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came to the east side of the land of Moab, and they camped beyond the Arnon; but they 15did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.
  19. And Israel sent 16messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, “Please let us pass through your land to our place.”
  20. But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; so Sihon gathered all his people and camped in Jahaz and fought with Israel.
  21. The LORD, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they [h]17defeated them; so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
  22. 18So they possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness as far as the Jordan.
  23. Since now the LORD, the God of Israel, drove out the Amorites from before His people Israel, are you then to possess it?
  24. Do you not possess what 19Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the LORD our God has driven out before us, we will possess it.
  25. Now are you any better than 20Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive with Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
  26. 21While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time?
  27. I therefore have not sinned against you, but you are doing me wrong by making war against me; 22may the LORD, the Judge, judge today between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.’”
  28. But the king of the sons of Ammon [i]disregarded the message which Jephthah sent him.
  29. ¶ Now 23the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, so that he passed through Gilead and Manasseh; then he passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he went on to the sons of Ammon.
  30. Jephthah made a vow to the LORD and said, “If You will indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand,
  31. then it shall be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, it shall be the LORD’S, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
  32. So Jephthah crossed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD gave them into his hand.
  33. He struck them with a very great slaughter from Aroer [j]to the entrance of 24Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel.
  34. ¶ When Jephthah came to his house at 25Mizpah, behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him 26with tambourines and with dancing. Now she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or daughter.
  35. When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me; for I have [k]given my word to the LORD, and 27I cannot take it back.”
  36. So she said to him, “My father, you have [l]given your word to the LORD; 28do to me [m]as you have said, since the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the sons of Ammon.”
  37. She said to her father, “Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may [n]go to the mountains and weep because of 29my virginity, I and my companions.”
  38. Then he said, “Go.” So he sent her away for two months; and she left with her companions, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity.
  39. At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her according to the vow which he had made; and she [o]had no relations with a man. Thus it became a custom in Israel,
  40. that the daughters of Israel went yearly to [p]commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or mighty man of valor
  2. ^ Lit begat
  3. ^ Lit to
  4. ^ Lit before
  5. ^ Lit hearer
  6. ^ Lit according to your word
  7. ^ Lit Sea of Reeds
  8. ^ Lit smote
  9. ^ Lit did not listen to the words
  10. ^ Lit even until you are coming to
  11. ^ Lit opened my mouth
  12. ^ Lit opened your mouth
  13. ^ Lit according to what has proceeded from your mouth
  14. ^ Lit go and go down on
  15. ^ Lit knew no man
  16. ^ Lit recount; ancient versions, lament

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Heb 11:32
  2. ^ 2Sa 10:6, 8
  3. ^ Jg 10:9, 17
  4. ^ Ge 26:27
  5. ^ Jg 10:18
  6. ^ Ge 31:50; Je 29:23; 42:5; Mc 1:2
  7. ^ Jg 10:17; 11:29; 20:1; 1Sa 10:17
  8. ^ Nu 21:24
  9. ^ Ge 32:22
  10. ^ Nu 14:25; De 1:40
  11. ^ Nu 20:1, 4-21
  12. ^ Nu 20:14-21
  13. ^ Jos 24:9
  14. ^ Nu 21:4; De 2:8
  15. ^ De 2:9, 18, 19
  16. ^ Nu 21:21-32; De 2:26-36
  17. ^ Nu 21:24; De 2:32-34
  18. ^ De 2:36, 37
  19. ^ Nu 21:29; 1Ki 11:7
  20. ^ Nu 22:2; Jos 24:9; Mc 6:5
  21. ^ Nu 21:25, 26; De 2:36
  22. ^ Ge 16:5; 18:25; 31:53; 1Sa 24:12, 15
  23. ^ Jg 3:10
  24. ^ Eze 27:17
  25. ^ Jg 10:17; 11:11
  26. ^ Ex 15:20; 1Sa 18:6; Je 31:4
  27. ^ Nu 30:2; Ec 5:4, 5
  28. ^ Nu 30:2
  29. ^ Ge 30:23; Lu 1:25

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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