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Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, “What do you have to do with me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?”
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Verse 12. Land. Jephte acts with a prudence and moderation which could not have been expected from one who had been brought up amid the noise of arms. Calmet.—He gives notice that he has been recognized by the lawful proprietors of the land for their head; and therefore begs that that Ammonites would desist from their unjust warfare. If words prove ineffectual, he must then try the fortune of a battle. Bible.
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