Judges 11:11-21,27 – So Jephthah went with the elders of
Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them. And Jephthah spoke all
his words before the Lord at Mizpah. Then Jephthah sent
messengers to the king of the Ammonites and said, “What do you have against me,
that you have come to me to fight against my land?” And the king of the
Ammonites answered the messengers of Jephthah,“Because Israel on coming up from
Egypt took away my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore
restore it peaceably.” Jephthah again sent messengers to the
king of the Ammonites and said to him, “Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab
or the land of the Ammonites, but when they came up
from Egypt, Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh. Israel then sent
messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. And
they sent also to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh. “Then they
journeyed through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land
of Moab and arrived on the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon. But
they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of
Moab. Israel then sent messengers to Sihon
king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, ‘Please let us
pass through your land to our country,’ but Sihon did not
trust Israel to pass through his territory, so Sihon gathered all his people together
and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel. And
the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all
his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them. So Israel took
possession of all the land of the Amorites, who inhabited that country…I therefore have not sinned against you,
and you do me wrong by making war on me. The Lord, the Judge, decide this day between the people of
Israel and the people of Ammon.”
Application:
- · As the divine Judge, the Lord is the final court of appeal.
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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