Chapter 11
Jephthah Delivers Israel
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Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor; he was the son… of a prostitute, and Gilead was his father.
𐤅𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤄𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃𐤉 𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤓 𐤇𐤉𐤋 𐤅𐤄𐤅𐤀 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤆𐤅𐤍𐤄 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤅𐤋𐤃
וְיִפְתָּ֣ח הַגִּלְעָדִ֗י הָיָה֙ גִּבּ֣וֹר חַ֔יִל וְה֖וּא בֶּן־ אִשָּׁ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה גִּלְעָ֖ד אֶת־ יִפְתָּֽח׃ וַיּ֥וֹלֶד wə·yip̄·tāḥ hag·gil·‘ā·ḏî hā·yāh gib·bō·wr ḥa·yil wə·hū ben- ’iš·šāh zō·w·nāh gil·‘āḏ ’eṯ- yip̄·tāḥ way·yō·w·leḏ — WLC · 1
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And Gilead’s… wife bore him sons who… grew up, drove Jephthah out, and said to him, “You shall have no inheritance in our father’s house, because you are the son of another woman.”
𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤋𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤕 𐤅𐤕𐤋𐤃 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤀𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤅 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤂𐤓𐤔𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤋𐤅 𐤋𐤀 𐤕𐤍𐤇𐤋 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤄
גִּלְעָ֛ד ל֖וֹ אֵֽשֶׁת־ וַתֵּ֧לֶד בָּנִ֑ים בְֽנֵי־ הָאִשָּׁ֜ה וַיִּגְדְּל֨וּ יִפְתָּ֗ח וַיְגָרְשׁ֣וּ אֶת־ וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ לֹֽא־ תִנְחַ֣ל אָבִ֔ינוּ בְּבֵית־ כִּ֛י אָֽתָּה׃ בֶּן־ אַחֶ֖רֶת אִשָּׁ֥ה gil·‘āḏ lōw ’ê·šeṯ- wat·tê·leḏ bā·nîm ḇə·nê- hā·’iš·šāh way·yiḡ·də·lū yip̄·tāḥ way·ḡā·rə·šū ’eṯ- way·yō·mə·rū lōw lō- ṯin·ḥal ’ā·ḇî·nū bə·ḇêṯ- kî ’āt·tāh ben- ’a·ḥe·reṯ ’iš·šāh — WLC · 2
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So Jephthah fled from his brothers and settled in the land of Tob, where worthless men gathered around… [him]… and traveled with him.
𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤓𐤇 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤇𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤓𐤉𐤒𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤋𐤒𐤈𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤅 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤐
יִפְתָּח֙ וַיִּבְרַ֤ח מִפְּנֵ֣י אֶחָ֔יו וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ ט֑וֹב רֵיקִ֔ים וַיִּֽתְלַקְּט֤וּ אֶל־ יִפְתָּח֙ אֲנָשִׁ֣ים וַיֵּצְא֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃פ yip̄·tāḥ way·yiḇ·raḥ mip·pə·nê ’e·ḥāw way·yê·šeḇ bə·’e·reṣ ṭō·wḇ rê·qîm way·yiṯ·laq·qə·ṭū ’el- yip̄·tāḥ ’ă·nā·šîm way·yê·ṣə·’ū ‘im·mōw — WLC · 3
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Some time later…, when the Ammonites… fought against Israel
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤌𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅 𐤏𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
וַיְהִ֖י מִיָּמִ֑ים בְנֵֽי־ עַמּ֖וֹן וַיִּלָּחֲמ֥וּ עִם־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ way·hî mî·yā·mîm ḇə·nê- ‘am·mō·wn way·yil·lā·ḥă·mū ‘im- yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 4
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and - made war with [them], the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤍𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤅 𐤏𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊𐤅 𐤋𐤒𐤇𐤕 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤈𐤅𐤁
וַיְהִ֕י כַּאֲשֶׁר־ בְנֵֽי־ עַמּ֖וֹן נִלְחֲמ֥וּ עִם־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל זִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד וַיֵּֽלְכוּ֙ לָקַ֥חַת אֶת־ יִפְתָּ֖ח מֵאֶ֥רֶץ טֽוֹב׃ way·hî ka·’ă·šer- ḇə·nê- ‘am·mō·wn nil·ḥă·mū ‘im- yiś·rā·’êl ziq·nê ḡil·‘āḏ way·yê·lə·ḵū lā·qa·ḥaṯ ’eṯ- yip̄·tāḥ mê·’e·reṣ ṭō·wḇ — WLC · 5
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“Come,” they said -, “be our commander, so that we can fight against the Ammonites…”
𐤋𐤊𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤋𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤕𐤄 𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤋𐤒𐤑𐤉𐤍 𐤅𐤍𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤄 𐤁𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍
לְכָ֕ה וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ לְיִפְתָּ֔ח וְהָיִ֥יתָה לָּ֖נוּ לְקָצִ֑ין וְנִֽלָּחֲמָ֖ה בִּבְנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ lə·ḵāh way·yō·mə·rū lə·yip̄·tāḥ wə·hā·yî·ṯāh lā·nū lə·qā·ṣîn wə·nil·lā·ḥă·māh biḇ·nê ‘am·mō·wn — WLC · 6
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Jephthah replied to the elders of Gilead, “Did you not hate me and expel me from my father’s house? Why then have you come to me now, when you are in distress…?”
𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤄𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤍𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤕𐤂𐤓𐤔𐤅𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤏 𐤁𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤉 𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤑𐤓 𐤋𐤊𐤌
יִפְתָּח֙ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לְזִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד אַתֶּם֙ הֲלֹ֤א שְׂנֵאתֶ֣ם אוֹתִ֔י וַתְּגָרְשׁ֖וּנִי אָבִ֑י מִבֵּ֣ית וּמַדּ֜וּעַ בָּאתֶ֤ם אֵלַי֙ עַ֔תָּה כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר צַ֥ר לָכֶֽם׃ yip̄·tāḥ way·yō·mer lə·ziq·nê ḡil·‘āḏ ’at·tem hă·lō śə·nê·ṯem ’ō·w·ṯî wat·tə·ḡā·rə·šū·nî ’ā·ḇî mib·bêṯ ū·mad·dū·a‘ bā·ṯem ’ê·lay ‘at·tāh ka·’ă·šer ṣar lā·ḵem — WLC · 7
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They… answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn… to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites…, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤋𐤊𐤍 𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤔𐤁𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤄𐤋𐤊𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍𐤅 𐤅𐤍𐤋𐤇𐤌𐤕 𐤁𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤕 𐤋𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤋𐤊𐤋 𐤋𐤍𐤅 𐤉𐤔𐤁𐤉 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃
זִקְנֵ֨י גִלְעָ֜ד וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ יִפְתָּ֗ח לָכֵן֙ עַתָּה֙ שַׁ֣בְנוּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ אֶל־ וְהָלַכְתָּ֣ עִמָּ֔נוּ וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֖ בִּבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וְהָיִ֤יתָ לְרֹ֔אשׁ לְכֹ֖ל לָּ֙נוּ֙ יֹשְׁבֵ֥י גִלְעָֽד׃ ziq·nê ḡil·‘āḏ way·yō·mə·rū yip̄·tāḥ lā·ḵên ‘at·tāh šaḇ·nū ’ê·le·ḵā ’el- wə·hā·laḵ·tā ‘im·mā·nū wə·nil·ḥam·tā biḇ·nê ‘am·mō·wn wə·hā·yî·ṯā lə·rōš lə·ḵōl lā·nū yō·šə·ḇê ḡil·‘āḏ — WLC · 8
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But Jephthah asked vvv [them]…, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites… and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤀𐤌 𐤀𐤕𐤌 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤄𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤁𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤅𐤍𐤕𐤍 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤊𐤌 𐤋𐤓𐤀𐤔
יִפְתָּ֜ח וַיֹּ֨אמֶר אֶל־ זִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֗ד אִם־ אַתֶּ֤ם אוֹתִי֙ מְשִׁיבִ֨ים לְהִלָּחֵם֙ בִּבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן יְהוָ֛ה אוֹתָ֖ם וְנָתַ֧ן לְפָנָ֑י אָנֹכִ֕י אֶהְיֶ֥ה לָכֶ֖ם לְרֹֽאשׁ׃ yip̄·tāḥ way·yō·mer ’el- ziq·nê ḡil·‘āḏ ’im- ’at·tem ’ō·w·ṯî mə·šî·ḇîm lə·hil·lā·ḥêm biḇ·nê ‘am·mō·wn Yah·weh ’ō·w·ṯām wə·nā·ṯan lə·p̄ā·nāy ’ā·nō·ḵî ’eh·yeh lā·ḵem lə·rōš — WLC · 9
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And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness… if we do not do as you say.”…
𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤌 𐤋𐤀 𐤍𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤊𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤊 𐤊𐤍
זִקְנֵֽי־ גִלְעָ֖ד וַיֹּאמְר֥וּ אֶל־ יִפְתָּ֑ח יְהוָ֗ה יִהְיֶ֤ה שֹׁמֵ֙עַ֙ בֵּֽינוֹתֵ֔ינוּ אִם־ לֹ֥א נַעֲשֶֽׂה׃ כִדְבָרְךָ֖ כֵּ֥ן ziq·nê- ḡil·‘āḏ way·yō·mə·rū ’el- yip̄·tāḥ Yah·weh yih·yeh šō·mê·a‘ bê·nō·w·ṯê·nū ’im- lō na·‘ă·śeh ḵiḏ·ḇā·rə·ḵā kên — WLC · 10
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So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him their leader and commander. And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.
𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤏𐤌 𐤆𐤒𐤍𐤉 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤏𐤌 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤉𐤌𐤅 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤌 𐤋𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤅𐤋𐤒𐤑𐤉𐤍 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤊𐤋 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤅 𐤋𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤁𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄𐤐
יִפְתָּח֙ וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ עִם־ זִקְנֵ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד הָעָ֥ם אוֹת֛וֹ וַיָּשִׂ֨ימוּ עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם לְרֹ֣אשׁ וּלְקָצִ֑ין יִפְתָּ֧ח אֶת־ וַיְדַבֵּ֨ר כָּל־ דְּבָרָ֛יו לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בַּמִּצְפָּֽה׃פ yip̄·tāḥ way·yê·leḵ ‘im- ziq·nê ḡil·‘āḏ hā·‘ām ’ō·w·ṯōw way·yā·śî·mū ‘ă·lê·hem lə·rōš ū·lə·qā·ṣîn yip̄·tāḥ ’eṯ- way·ḏab·bêr kāl- də·ḇā·rāw lip̄·nê Yah·weh bam·miṣ·pāh — WLC · 11
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Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites…, saying, “What do you have against me… that you have come to fight against my land?”
𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤌𐤄 𐤋𐤉 𐤅𐤋𐤊 𐤊𐤉 𐤁𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤄𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤀𐤋𐤉 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤉
יִפְתָּח֙ וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־ מֶ֥לֶךְ בְּנֵֽי־ עַמּ֖וֹן לֵאמֹ֑ר מַה־ לִּ֣י וָלָ֔ךְ כִּֽי־ בָ֥אתָ לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם אֵלַ֖י בְּאַרְצִֽי׃ yip̄·tāḥ way·yiš·laḥ mal·’ā·ḵîm ’el- me·leḵ bə·nê- ‘am·mō·wn lê·mōr mah- lî wā·lāḵ kî- ḇā·ṯā lə·hil·lā·ḥêm ’ê·lay bə·’ar·ṣî — WLC · 12
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The king of the Ammonites… answered Jephthah’s… messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤊𐤉 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤌𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤒𐤇 𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤉 𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤉𐤁𐤒 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍 𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤄𐤔𐤉𐤁𐤄 𐤀𐤕𐤄𐤍 𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌
מֶ֨לֶךְ בְּנֵי־ עַמּ֜וֹן וַיֹּאמֶר֩ אֶל־ יִפְתָּ֗ח כִּֽי־ מַלְאֲכֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל אֶת־ בַּעֲלוֹת֣וֹ מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם לָקַ֨ח אַרְצִי֙ מֵאַרְנ֥וֹן וְעַד־ הַיַּבֹּ֖ק וְעַד־ הַיַּרְדֵּ֑ן וְעַתָּ֕ה הָשִׁ֥יבָה אֶתְהֶ֖ן בְּשָׁלֽוֹם׃ me·leḵ bə·nê- ‘am·mō·wn way·yō·mer ’el- yip̄·tāḥ kî- mal·’ă·ḵê yiś·rā·’êl ’eṯ- ba·‘ă·lō·w·ṯōw mim·miṣ·ra·yim lā·qaḥ ’ar·ṣî mê·’ar·nō·wn wə·‘aḏ- hay·yab·bōq wə·‘aḏ- hay·yar·dên wə·‘at·tāh hā·šî·ḇāh ’eṯ·hen bə·šā·lō·wm — WLC · 13
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Jephthah again… sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites…
𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤅𐤎𐤐 𐤏𐤅𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍
יִפְתָּ֑ח וַיּ֥וֹסֶף ע֖וֹד וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־ מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ yip̄·tāḥ way·yō·w·sep̄ ‘ō·wḏ way·yiš·laḥ mal·’ā·ḵîm ’el- me·leḵ bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn — WLC · 14
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to tell him, “This is what Jephthah says: Israel did not take away the land of Moab [or] - of the Ammonites.
𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤅 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤀 𐤋𐤒𐤇 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֔וֹ כֹּ֖ה יִפְתָּ֑ח אָמַ֣ר יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶת־ לֹֽא־ לָקַ֤ח אֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב וְאֶת־ אֶ֖רֶץ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ way·yō·mer lōw kōh yip̄·tāḥ ’ā·mar yiś·rā·’êl ’eṯ- lō- lā·qaḥ ’e·reṣ mō·w·’āḇ wə·’eṯ- ’e·reṣ bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn — WLC · 15
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But when [Israel] came up out of Egypt, [they] traveled through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh.
𐤊𐤉 𐤁𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕𐤌 𐤌𐤌𐤑𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤏𐤃 𐤎𐤅𐤐 𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤒𐤃𐤔𐤄
כִּ֖י בַּעֲלוֹתָ֣ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל וַיֵּ֨לֶךְ בַּמִּדְבָּר֙ עַד־ ס֔וּף יַם־ וַיָּבֹ֖א קָדֵֽשָׁה׃ kî ba·‘ă·lō·w·ṯām mim·miṣ·rā·yim yiś·rā·’êl way·yê·leḵ bam·miḏ·bār ‘aḏ- sūp̄ yam- way·yā·ḇō qā·ḏê·šāh — WLC · 16
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Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, ‘Please let us pass through your land,’ but the king of Edom would not listen. They also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel stayed in Kadesh.
𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤃𐤅𐤌 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤍𐤀 𐤀𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤊 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤃𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤅𐤂𐤌 𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤋 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤁𐤄 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤁 𐤁𐤒𐤃𐤔
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאָכִ֣ים׀ אֶל־ מֶלֶךְ֩ אֱד֨וֹם׀ לֵאמֹ֜ר נָּ֣א אֶעְבְּרָה־ בְאַרְצֶ֗ךָ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֱד֔וֹם וְלֹ֤א שָׁמַע֙ וְגַ֨ם שָׁלַ֖ח אֶל־ מֶ֧לֶךְ מוֹאָ֛ב וְלֹ֣א אָבָ֑ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב בְּקָדֵֽשׁ׃ yiś·rā·’êl way·yiš·laḥ mal·’ā·ḵîm ’el- me·leḵ ’ĕ·ḏō·wm lê·mōr nā ’e‘·bə·rāh- ḇə·’ar·ṣe·ḵā me·leḵ ’ĕ·ḏō·wm wə·lō šā·ma‘ wə·ḡam šā·laḥ ’el- me·leḵ mō·w·’āḇ wə·lō ’ā·ḇāh yiś·rā·’êl way·yê·šeḇ bə·qā·ḏêš — WLC · 17
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Then [Israel] traveled through the wilderness and bypassed the lands of Edom and Moab. They came to 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, since the Arnon was its border -.
𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤎𐤁 𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤀𐤃𐤅𐤌 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤌𐤌𐤆𐤓𐤇 𐤔𐤌𐤔 𐤋𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤍𐤅𐤍 𐤁𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤁𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤋 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤊𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤅𐤍 𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤋 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ בַּמִּדְבָּ֗ר וַיָּ֜סָב אֶת־ אֶ֤רֶץ אֱדוֹם֙ וְאֶת־ אֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב וַיָּבֹ֤א מִמִּזְרַח־ שֶׁ֙מֶשׁ֙ לְאֶ֣רֶץ מוֹאָ֔ב וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּן בְּעֵ֣בֶר אַרְנ֑וֹן וְלֹא־ בָ֙אוּ֙ בִּגְב֣וּל מוֹאָ֔ב כִּ֥י אַרְנ֖וֹן גְּב֥וּל מוֹאָֽב׃ way·yê·leḵ bam·miḏ·bār way·yā·sāḇ ’eṯ- ’e·reṣ ’ĕ·ḏō·wm wə·’eṯ- ’e·reṣ mō·w·’āḇ way·yā·ḇō mim·miz·raḥ- še·meš lə·’e·reṣ mō·w·’āḇ way·ya·ḥă·nūn bə·‘ê·ḇer ’ar·nō·wn wə·lō- ḇā·’ū biḡ·ḇūl mō·w·’āḇ kî ’ar·nō·wn gə·ḇūl mō·w·’āḇ — WLC · 18
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And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, ‘Please let us pass through your land into our own place.’
𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤌𐤋𐤀𐤊𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤋 𐤎𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤍 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤇𐤔𐤁𐤅𐤍 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤋𐤅 𐤍𐤀 𐤍𐤏𐤁𐤓𐤄 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤑𐤊 𐤏𐤃 𐤌𐤒𐤅𐤌𐤉
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וַיִּשְׁלַ֤ח מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל־ סִיח֥וֹן מֶֽלֶךְ־ הָאֱמֹרִ֖י מֶ֣לֶךְ חֶשְׁבּ֑וֹן יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ נָּ֥א נַעְבְּרָה־ בְאַרְצְךָ֖ עַד־ מְקוֹמִֽי׃ yiś·rā·’êl way·yiš·laḥ mal·’ā·ḵîm ’el- sî·ḥō·wn me·leḵ- hā·’ĕ·mō·rî me·leḵ ḥeš·bō·wn yiś·rā·’êl way·yō·mer lōw nā na‘·bə·rāh- ḇə·’ar·ṣə·ḵā ‘aḏ- mə·qō·w·mî — WLC · 19
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But Sihon would not trust Israel to pass through his territory. So [he] gathered all his people, encamped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel.
𐤎𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤉𐤍 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤁𐤂𐤁𐤋𐤅 𐤎𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤎𐤐 𐤊𐤋 𐤏𐤌𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤇𐤍𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤄𐤑𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤏𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
סִיח֤וֹן אֶת־ וְלֹא־ הֶאֱמִ֨ין יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ עֲבֹ֣ר בִּגְבֻל֔וֹ סִיחוֹן֙ אֶת־ וַיֶּאֱסֹ֤ף כָּל־ עַמּ֔וֹ וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּיָ֑הְצָה וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם עִם־ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ sî·ḥō·wn ’eṯ- wə·lō- he·’ĕ·mîn yiś·rā·’êl ‘ă·ḇōr biḡ·ḇu·lōw sî·ḥō·wn ’eṯ- way·ye·’ĕ·sōp̄ kāl- ‘am·mōw way·ya·ḥă·nū bə·yā·hə·ṣāh way·yil·lā·ḥem ‘im- yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 20
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Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍 𐤎𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤏𐤌𐤅 𐤁𐤉𐤃 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤅𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤕 𐤅𐤉𐤉𐤓𐤔 𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤉𐤅𐤔𐤁 𐤄𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑
יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל אֶת־ וַ֠יִּתֵּן סִיח֧וֹן וְאֶת־ כָּל־ עַמּ֛וֹ בְּיַ֥ד יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיַּכּ֑וּם יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֵ֚ת וַיִּירַשׁ֙ כָּל־ אֶ֣רֶץ הָאֱמֹרִ֔י יוֹשֵׁ֖ב הַהִֽיא׃ הָאָ֥רֶץ Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê- yiś·rā·’êl ’eṯ- way·yit·tên sî·ḥō·wn wə·’eṯ- kāl- ‘am·mōw bə·yaḏ yiś·rā·’êl way·yak·kūm yiś·rā·’êl ’êṯ way·yî·raš kāl- ’e·reṣ hā·’ĕ·mō·rî yō·wō·šêḇ ha·hî hā·’ā·reṣ — WLC · 21
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seizing all the land… from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.
𐤅𐤉𐤉𐤓𐤔𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤊𐤋 𐤂𐤁𐤅𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤅𐤌𐤍 𐤌𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤉𐤁𐤒 𐤄𐤌𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤄𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤍
וַיִּ֣ירְשׁ֔וּ אֵ֖ת כָּל־ גְּב֣וּל הָאֱמֹרִ֑י וּמִן־ מֵֽאַרְנוֹן֙ וְעַד־ הַיַּבֹּ֔ק הַמִּדְבָּ֖ר וְעַד־ הַיַּרְדֵּֽן׃ way·yî·rə·šū ’êṯ kāl- gə·ḇūl hā·’ĕ·mō·rî ū·min- mê·’ar·nō·wn wə·‘aḏ- hay·yab·bōq ham·miḏ·bār wə·‘aḏ- hay·yar·dên — WLC · 22
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Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤔 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤉 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤕𐤉𐤓𐤔𐤍𐤅
וְעַתָּ֞ה יְהוָ֣ה׀ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל הוֹרִישׁ֙ אֶת־ הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י מִפְּנֵ֖י עַמּ֣וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּירָשֶֽׁנּוּ׃ wə·‘at·tāh Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê yiś·rā·’êl hō·w·rîš ’eṯ- hā·’ĕ·mō·rî mip·pə·nê ‘am·mōw yiś·rā·’êl wə·’at·tāh tî·rā·šen·nū — WLC · 23
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Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us. -
𐤄𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤕 𐤉𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤔𐤊 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤊𐤌𐤅𐤔 𐤕𐤉𐤓𐤔 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤔 𐤊𐤋 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤍𐤉𐤓𐤔 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉𐤍𐤅 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤅
הֲלֹ֞א אֵ֣ת יוֹרִֽישְׁךָ֛ אֲשֶׁ֧ר אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ אוֹת֥וֹ כְּמ֥וֹשׁ תִירָ֑שׁ וְאֵת֩ הוֹרִ֜ישׁ כָּל־ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּ נִירָֽשׁ׃ מִפָּנֵ֖ינוּ אוֹת֥וֹ hă·lō ’êṯ yō·w·rî·šə·ḵā ’ă·šer ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā ’ō·w·ṯōw kə·mō·wōš ṯî·rāš wə·’êṯ hō·w·rîš kāl- ’ă·šer Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê·nū nî·rāš mip·pā·nê·nū ’ō·w·ṯōw — WLC · 24
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Are you now so much better… than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend… with Israel or fight… against them?
𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤏𐤕𐤄 𐤄𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤈𐤅𐤁 𐤌𐤁𐤋𐤒 𐤁𐤍 𐤑𐤐𐤅𐤓 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤅𐤀𐤁 𐤄𐤓𐤅𐤁 𐤓𐤁 𐤏𐤌 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤌 𐤍𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤍𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤁𐤌
אַתָּ֔ה וְעַתָּ֗ה הֲט֥וֹב טוֹב֙ מִבָּלָ֥ק בֶּן־ צִפּ֖וֹר מֶ֣לֶךְ מוֹאָ֑ב הֲר֥וֹב רָב֙ עִם־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אִם־ נִלְחֹ֥ם נִלְחַ֖ם בָּֽם׃ ’at·tāh wə·‘at·tāh hă·ṭō·wḇ ṭō·wḇ mib·bā·lāq ben- ṣip·pō·wr me·leḵ mō·w·’āḇ hă·rō·wḇ rāḇ ‘im- yiś·rā·’êl ’im- nil·ḥōm nil·ḥam bām — WLC · 25
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For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?
𐤔𐤋𐤔 𐤌𐤀𐤅𐤕 𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤔𐤁𐤕 𐤁𐤇𐤔𐤁𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤁𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤁𐤏𐤓𐤏𐤅𐤓 𐤅𐤁𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤁𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤏𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤃𐤉 𐤀𐤓𐤍𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤏 𐤋𐤀 𐤄𐤑𐤋𐤕𐤌 𐤄𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤁𐤏𐤕
שְׁלֹ֥שׁ מֵא֖וֹת שָׁנָ֑ה יִ֠שְׂרָאֵל בְּשֶׁ֣בֶת בְּחֶשְׁבּ֨וֹן וּבִבְנוֹתֶ֜יהָ וּבְעַרְע֣וֹר וּבִבְנוֹתֶ֗יהָ וּבְכָל־ הֶֽעָרִים֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־ יְדֵ֣י אַרְנ֔וֹן וּמַדּ֥וּעַ לֹֽא־ הִצַּלְתֶּ֖ם הַהִֽיא׃ בָּעֵ֥ת šə·lōš mê·’ō·wṯ šā·nāh yiś·rā·’êl bə·še·ḇeṯ bə·ḥeš·bō·wn ū·ḇiḇ·nō·w·ṯe·hā ū·ḇə·‘ar·‘ō·wr ū·ḇiḇ·nō·w·ṯe·hā ū·ḇə·ḵāl he·‘ā·rîm ’ă·šer ‘al- yə·ḏê ’ar·nō·wn ū·mad·dū·a‘ lō- hiṣ·ṣal·tem ha·hî bā·‘êṯ — WLC · 26
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I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites… and the Ammonites…”
𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤋𐤀 𐤇𐤈𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤋𐤄𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤁𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤄𐤔𐤐𐤈 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤍 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤅𐤁𐤉𐤍 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍
וְאָֽנֹכִי֙ לֹֽא־ חָטָ֣אתִי לָ֔ךְ וְאַתָּ֞ה עֹשֶׂ֥ה אִתִּ֛י רָעָ֖ה לְהִלָּ֣חֶם בִּ֑י יְהוָ֤ה יִשְׁפֹּ֨ט הַשֹּׁפֵט֙ הַיּ֔וֹם בֵּ֚ין בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּבֵ֖ין בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ wə·’ā·nō·ḵî lō- ḥā·ṭā·ṯî lāḵ wə·’at·tāh ‘ō·śeh ’it·tî rā·‘āh lə·hil·lā·ḥem bî Yah·weh yiš·pōṭ haš·šō·p̄êṭ hay·yō·wm bên bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl ū·ḇên bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn — WLC · 27
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But the king of the Ammonites… paid no heed to the message Jephthah sent him.
𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤔𐤌𐤏 𐤀𐤋 𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅𐤐
מֶ֖לֶךְ בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וְלֹ֣א שָׁמַ֔ע אֶל־ דִּבְרֵ֣י יִפְתָּ֔ח אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׁלַ֖ח אֵלָֽיו׃פ me·leḵ bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn wə·lō šā·ma‘ ’el- diḇ·rê yip̄·tāḥ ’ă·šer šā·laḥ ’ê·lāw — WLC · 28
Jephthah’s Tragic Vow
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Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, then through Mizpah of Gilead. And from [there]… he advanced against the Ammonites…
𐤓𐤅𐤇 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤄𐤉 𐤏𐤋 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤍𐤔𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤕 𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤅𐤌𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄 𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃 𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍
ר֣וּחַ יְהוָ֔ה וַתְּהִ֤י עַל־ יִפְתָּח֙ וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר אֶת־ הַגִּלְעָ֖ד וְאֶת־ מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה וַֽיַּעֲבֹר֙ אֶת־ מִצְפֵּ֣ה גִלְעָ֔ד וּמִמִּצְפֵּ֣ה גִלְעָ֔ד עָבַ֖ר בְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ rū·aḥ Yah·weh wat·tə·hî ‘al- yip̄·tāḥ way·ya·‘ă·ḇōr ’eṯ- hag·gil·‘āḏ wə·’eṯ- mə·naš·šeh way·ya·‘ă·ḇōr ’eṯ- miṣ·pêh ḡil·‘āḏ ū·mim·miṣ·pêh ḡil·‘āḏ ‘ā·ḇar bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn — WLC · 29
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Jephthah made this vow to the LORD:… “If indeed You will deliver the Ammonites… into my hand,
𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤃𐤓 𐤍𐤃𐤓 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤌 𐤍𐤕𐤅𐤍 𐤕𐤕𐤍 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤉
יִפְתָּ֥ח וַיִּדַּ֨ר נֶ֛דֶר לַיהוָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אִם־ נָת֥וֹן תִּתֵּ֛ן בְּנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹן אֶת־ בְּיָדִֽי׃ yip̄·tāḥ way·yid·dar ne·ḏer Yah·weh way·yō·mar ’im- nā·ṯō·wn tit·tên bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn ’eṯ- bə·yā·ḏî — WLC · 30
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then whatever… comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites… will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤄𐤉𐤅𐤑𐤀 𐤌𐤃𐤋𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤔𐤋𐤅𐤌 𐤁𐤔𐤅𐤁𐤉 𐤌𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤄 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤕𐤄𐤅 𐤏𐤅𐤋𐤄𐤐
וְהָיָ֣ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יֵצֵ֜א הַיּוֹצֵ֗א מִדַּלְתֵ֤י בֵיתִי֙ לִקְרָאתִ֔י בְשָׁל֖וֹם בְּשׁוּבִ֥י מִבְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וְהָיָה֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה וְהַעֲלִיתִ֖הוּ עוֹלָֽה׃פ wə·hā·yāh ’ă·šer yê·ṣê hay·yō·w·ṣê mid·dal·ṯê ḇê·ṯî liq·rā·ṯî ḇə·šā·lō·wm bə·šū·ḇî mib·bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn wə·hā·yāh Yah·weh wə·ha·‘ă·lî·ṯi·hū ‘ō·w·lāh — WLC · 31
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So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites… to fight against them, and the LORD delivered them into his hand.
𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤋𐤄𐤋𐤇𐤌 𐤁𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤕𐤍𐤌 𐤁𐤉𐤃𐤅
יִפְתָּ֛ח וַיַּעֲבֹ֥ר אֶל־ בְּנֵ֥י עַמּ֖וֹן לְהִלָּ֣חֶם בָּ֑ם יְהוָ֖ה וַיִתְּנֵ֥ם בְּיָדֽוֹ׃ yip̄·tāḥ way·ya·‘ă·ḇōr ’el- bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn lə·hil·lā·ḥem bām Yah·weh wa·yit·tə·nēm bə·yā·ḏōw — WLC · 32
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With a great… blow he devastated twenty cities from Aroer to the vicinity of Minnith, as far as Abel-keramim… So the Ammonites… were subdued before the Israelites…
𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋𐤄 𐤌𐤀𐤃 𐤌𐤊𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤌 𐤏𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤉𐤓 𐤌𐤏𐤓𐤅𐤏𐤓 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤁𐤅𐤀𐤊 𐤌𐤍𐤉𐤕 𐤅𐤏𐤃 𐤀𐤁𐤋 𐤊𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍 𐤅𐤉𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤅 𐤌𐤐𐤍𐤉 𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋𐤐
גְּדוֹלָ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד מַכָּ֖ה וַיַּכֵּ֡ם עֶשְׂרִ֣ים עִ֗יר מֵעֲרוֹעֵר֩ וְעַד־ בּוֹאֲךָ֨ מִנִּ֜ית וְעַד֙ אָבֵ֣ל כְּרָמִ֔ים בְּנֵ֣י עַמּ֔וֹן וַיִּכָּֽנְעוּ֙ מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃פ gə·ḏō·w·lāh mə·’ōḏ mak·kāh way·yak·kêm ‘eś·rîm ‘îr mê·‘ă·rō·w·‘êr wə·‘aḏ- bō·w·’ă·ḵā min·nîṯ wə·‘aḏ ’ā·ḇêl kə·rā·mîm bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn way·yik·kā·nə·‘ū mip·pə·nê bə·nê yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 33
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And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing!… She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤅𐤉𐤁𐤀 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤉𐤕𐤅 𐤄𐤌𐤑𐤐𐤄 𐤅𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤁𐤕𐤅 𐤉𐤑𐤀𐤕 𐤋𐤒𐤓𐤀𐤕𐤅 𐤁𐤕𐤐𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤁𐤌𐤇𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤅𐤓𐤒 𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤉𐤇𐤉𐤃𐤄 𐤋𐤅 𐤀𐤉𐤍 𐤁𐤍 𐤀𐤅 𐤁𐤕 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤅
יִפְתָּ֣ח וַיָּבֹ֨א אֶל־ בֵּיתוֹ֒ הַמִּצְפָּה֮ וְהִנֵּ֤ה בִתּוֹ֙ יֹצֵ֣את לִקְרָאת֔וֹ בְתֻפִּ֖ים וּבִמְחֹל֑וֹת וְרַק֙ הִ֣יא יְחִידָ֔ה ל֥וֹ אֵֽין־ בֵּ֖ן אוֹ־ בַֽת׃ מִמֶּ֛נּוּ yip̄·tāḥ way·yā·ḇō ’el- bê·ṯōw ham·miṣ·pāh wə·hin·nêh ḇit·tōw yō·ṣêṯ liq·rā·ṯōw ḇə·ṯup·pîm ū·ḇim·ḥō·lō·wṯ wə·raq hî yə·ḥî·ḏāh lōw ’ên- bên ’ōw- ḇaṯ mim·men·nū — WLC · 34
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As soon as [Jephthah] saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees…! You… have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word… to the LORD and cannot… take it back.”
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤊𐤓𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤅 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤓𐤏 𐤀𐤕 𐤁𐤂𐤃𐤉𐤅 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤄𐤄 𐤁𐤕𐤉 𐤄𐤊𐤓𐤏 𐤄𐤊𐤓𐤏𐤕𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤉𐤉𐤕 𐤁𐤏𐤊𐤓𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤐𐤑𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤐𐤉 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤅𐤋𐤀 𐤀𐤅𐤊𐤋 𐤋𐤔𐤅𐤁
וַיְהִי֩ כִרְאוֹת֨וֹ אוֹתָ֜הּ וַיִּקְרַ֣ע אֶת־ בְּגָדָ֗יו וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֲהָ֤הּ בִּתִּי֙ הַכְרֵ֣עַ הִכְרַעְתִּ֔נִי וְאַ֖תְּ הָיִ֣יתְ בְּעֹֽכְרָ֑י וְאָנֹכִ֗י פָּצִ֤יתִי־ פִי֙ אֶל־ יְהוָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א אוּכַ֖ל לָשֽׁוּב׃ way·hî ḵir·’ō·w·ṯōw ’ō·w·ṯāh way·yiq·ra‘ ’eṯ- bə·ḡā·ḏāw way·yō·mer ’ă·hāh bit·tî haḵ·rê·a‘ hiḵ·ra‘·ti·nî wə·’at hå̄·yīṯ bə·‘ō·ḵə·rāy wə·’ā·nō·ḵî pā·ṣî·ṯî- p̄î ’el- Yah·weh wə·lō ’ū·ḵal lā·šūḇ — WLC · 35
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“My father,” she replied “you have given your word - to the LORD. Do to me as you have said…, for the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the Ammonites…”
𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤐𐤑𐤉𐤕𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤐𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤉 𐤊𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤑𐤀 𐤌𐤐𐤉𐤊 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤉 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤍𐤒𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤊 𐤌𐤀𐤉𐤁𐤉𐤊 𐤌𐤁𐤍𐤉 𐤏𐤌𐤅𐤍
אָבִי֙ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו פָּצִ֤יתָה אֶת־ פִּ֙יךָ֙ אֶל־ יְהוָ֔ה עֲשֵׂ֣ה לִ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר יָצָ֣א מִפִּ֑יךָ אַחֲרֵ֡י אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְהוָ֧ה עָשָׂה֩ נְקָמ֛וֹת לְךָ֙ מֵאֹיְבֶ֖יךָ מִבְּנֵ֥י עַמּֽוֹן׃ ’ā·ḇî wat·tō·mer ’ê·lāw pā·ṣî·ṯāh ’eṯ- pî·ḵā ’el- Yah·weh ‘ă·śêh lî ka·’ă·šer yā·ṣā mip·pî·ḵā ’a·ḥă·rê ’ă·šer Yah·weh ‘ā·śāh nə·qā·mō·wṯ lə·ḵā mê·’ō·yə·ḇe·ḵā mib·bə·nê ‘am·mō·wn — WLC · 36
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She also said to her father, “Let me do… this… one thing: Let me wander… for two months through the mountains… with my friends and mourn… my virginity.”
𐤅𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤄 𐤉𐤏𐤔𐤄 𐤋𐤉 𐤄𐤆𐤄 𐤄𐤓𐤐𐤄 𐤌𐤌𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤅𐤀𐤋𐤊𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤓𐤃𐤕𐤉 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 𐤅𐤓𐤏𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤁𐤊𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤋𐤉
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־ אָבִ֔יהָ יֵעָ֥שֶׂה לִּ֖י הַזֶּ֑ה הַרְפֵּ֨ה מִמֶּ֜נִּי הַדָּבָ֣ר וְאֵֽלְכָה֙ וְיָרַדְתִּ֣י שְׁנַ֣יִם חֳדָשִׁ֗ים עַל־ הֶֽהָרִ֔ים אָנֹכִ֖י וְרֵעְיֹתָי׃ וְאֶבְכֶּה֙ עַל־ בְּתוּלַ֔י wat·tō·mer ’el- ’ā·ḇî·hā yê·‘ā·śeh lî haz·zeh har·pêh mim·men·nî had·dā·ḇār wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh wə·yā·raḏ·tî šə·na·yim ḥo·ḏā·šîm ‘al- he·hā·rîm ’ā·nō·ḵî wə·rē·ʿə·yō·ṯå̄y wə·’eḇ·keh ‘al- bə·ṯū·lay — WLC · 37
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“Go,” he said. And he sent her away for two months. So she left with her friends and mourned her virginity upon the mountains.
𐤋𐤊𐤉 𐤅𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤋𐤇 𐤀𐤅𐤕𐤄 𐤔𐤍𐤉 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤅𐤕𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤓𐤏𐤅𐤕𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤕𐤁𐤊 𐤏𐤋 𐤁𐤕𐤅𐤋𐤉𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤄𐤄𐤓𐤉𐤌
לֵ֔כִי וַיֹּ֣אמֶר וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח אוֹתָ֖הּ שְׁנֵ֣י חֳדָשִׁ֑ים הִיא֙ וַתֵּ֤לֶךְ וְרֵ֣עוֹתֶ֔יהָ וַתֵּ֥בְךְּ עַל־ בְּתוּלֶ֖יהָ עַל־ הֶהָרִֽים׃ lê·ḵî way·yō·mer way·yiš·laḥ ’ō·w·ṯāh šə·nê ḥo·ḏā·šîm hî wat·tê·leḵ wə·rê·‘ō·w·ṯe·hā wat·tê·ḇək ‘al- bə·ṯū·le·hā ‘al- he·hā·rîm — WLC · 38
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- After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her vvv vvv as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
𐤅𐤉𐤄𐤉 𐤌𐤒𐤑 𐤔𐤍𐤉𐤌 𐤇𐤃𐤔𐤉𐤌 𐤅𐤕𐤔𐤁 𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤁𐤉𐤄 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤔 𐤋𐤄 𐤀𐤕 𐤍𐤃𐤓𐤅 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤍𐤃𐤓 𐤅𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤋𐤀 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤄 𐤀𐤉𐤔 𐤅𐤕𐤄𐤉 𐤇𐤒 𐤁𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋
וַיְהִ֞י מִקֵּ֣ץ׀ שְׁנַ֣יִם חֳדָשִׁ֗ים וַתָּ֙שָׁב֙ אֶל־ אָבִ֔יהָ וַיַּ֣עַשׂ לָ֔הּ אֶת־ נִדְר֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָדָ֑ר וְהִיא֙ לֹא־ יָדְעָ֣ה אִ֔ישׁ וַתְּהִי־ חֹ֖ק בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ way·hî miq·qêṣ šə·na·yim ḥo·ḏā·šîm wat·tā·šāḇ ’el- ’ā·ḇî·hā way·ya·‘aś lāh ’eṯ- niḏ·rōw ’ă·šer nā·ḏār wə·hî lō- yā·ḏə·‘āh ’îš wat·tə·hî- ḥōq bə·yiś·rā·’êl — WLC · 39
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that each… year the young women of Israel go out for four days to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite.
𐤌𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌𐤄 𐤁𐤔𐤍𐤄𐤎 𐤁𐤍𐤅𐤕 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤋𐤊𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤕 𐤉𐤌𐤉𐤌 𐤋𐤕𐤍𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤁𐤕 𐤉𐤐𐤕𐤇 𐤄𐤂𐤋𐤏𐤃𐤉
מִיָּמִ֣ים׀ יָמִ֗ימָה בַּשָּׁנָֽה׃ס בְּנ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל תֵּלַ֙כְנָה֙ אַרְבַּ֥עַת יָמִ֖ים לְתַנּ֕וֹת לְבַת־ יִפְתָּ֖ח הַגִּלְעָדִ֑י mî·yā·mîm yā·mî·māh baš·šā·nāh bə·nō·wṯ yiś·rā·’êl tê·laḵ·nāh ’ar·ba·‘aṯ yā·mîm lə·ṯan·nō·wṯ lə·ḇaṯ- yip̄·tāḥ hag·gil·‘ā·ḏî — WLC · 40