Gideon's signs. B. C. about 1249. That is, Let Baal plead. 28 ¶ And when the men of the city arose ful and afraid, let him return and depart early in the morning, behold, the altar of early from mount Gilead. And there reBaal was cast down, and the grove was cut turned of the people twenty and two thoudown that was by it, and the second bull-sand; and there remained ten thousand. ock was offered upon the altar that was built. 29 And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. 30 Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die : because he hath cast down the altar of Bual, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. 31 And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar. 32 Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. & 1 Sam. 12.11. 2 Sam. 11.21, 33 ¶ Then all the Midianites and the Jerubbesheth; Amalekites and the children of the cast that is, Let were gathered together, and went over, and the shameful thing plead, pitched in the valley of Jezreel. See Jer. 11. 34 But "the Spirit of the LORD came 13. upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abi-ezer was gathered after him. Hos. 9. 10. I ver. 3. m Josh. 17. 16. about 1249. n ch. 3. 10. 1 Chr. 12. 18. 2 Chr. 21. 20. +Heb.clothed. o Num. 10. 3. ch. 3. 27. + Heb. was called after him. pSce Ex. 4. 3, 4, 6, 7. q'Gen. 18. 32. a ch. 6. 32. Deut. 8. 17. Is. 10. 13. 1 Cor. 1. 29. 2 Cor. 4. 7.. e Deut. 20. 8. 35 And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. : 36 And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, 37 Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth besides, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. 38 And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. 39 And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. 40 And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. CHAPTER VII. 1 Gideon's army of two and thirty thousand is brought to three hundred. 9 He is encouraged by the dream and interpretation of the barley cake. 16 His stratagem of trumpets and lamps in pitchers. 24 The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb. THEN "Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and Tail the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. 2 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel bvaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. 3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in the cars of the people, saying, Whosoever is fear 4 And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. 5 So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon,. Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog luppeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. 6 And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. B. V. about 1249. 7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, dByd 1 Sam. 14.6. the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. 8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. 9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have deliv. ered it into thine hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: 11 And thou shalt fhear what they say; | and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. 12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. 14 And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. e Gen. 46. 2,3. fver. 13, 14, 15.. See Gen. 24. 14. 1 Sam. 14. 9, 10. || Or, ranks by five, g ch. 6. 5, 33, & 8. 10. breaking thereof. 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpreta-Heb. tion thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. 16 And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put ta trump-† Heb. et in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. 18 When I blow with a trumpet, I and all the trumpets in the hand of all of them. Or, firebrands, or, torches. The Midianites put to flight. B. C. about 1249. h Ex. 14. 13, 14. 2 Chr, 20. 17. i 2 Kings 7. 7. Josh. 6. 4, 16, 20. See 2Cor.4.7. l Ps. 83. 9. 13. 9. 4: m1 Sam. 14. 20. 2 Chr. 20, 23. || Or, towards. † Heb. lip. n ch. 3. 27. o ah. 3. 28. p John 1. 28. q ch. 8. 3. Ps. 83. 11. Is. 10. 26. s ch. 8. 4. JUDGES. that are with me, then blow ye the trump- 19 ¶ So Gideon, and the hundred men that 21 And they stood every man in his place round about the camp and all the host ran, and cried, and fiêd. 22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set" every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the † border of Abel-meholah, unto Tabbath. 23 And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. Zebah and Zalmunna taken. 7 And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. 8 And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. 9 And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I i come again in peace, I will break down this tower. 10 Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. 11 ¶ And Gideon went up by the way of 13 And Gideon the son of Joash returned n ch. 18. 27. 14 And caught a young man of the men o Ps. 83. 11. 24 ¶ And Gideon sent messengers through- of Succoth, and inquired of him and het Heb. terriout all "mount Ephraim, saying, Come† described unto him the princes of Suc- fied: down against the Midianites, and take be- coth, and the elders thereof, even three-† Heb, writ. fore them the waters unto Beth-barah and score and seventeen men. Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim 15 And he came unto the men of Succoth, gathered themselves together, and took the and said. Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, waters unto P Beth-barah and Jordan. with whom ye did Pupbraid me, saying, p ver. ☎ 25 And they took two princes of the Mid-Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna ianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew now in thine hand, that we should give Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they bread unto thy men that are weary? slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. CHAPTER VIII. 1 Gideon pacifieth the Ephraimites, 4 Succoth a See ch.12.1. A him, Why hast thou served us thus, ND the men of Ephraim said unto 2 Sam, 19.41. + Heb. What thing is this thou hast done unto us? † Heb. strongly. 6 ch. 7. 24, 25. Phil. 2. 3. Heb. spirit. o Prov. 15. 1. d Gen. 33. 17, Ps. 60. 6. e See 1 Kings 20. 11. f See 1 Sam. 25. 11. that thou calledst us not, when thou went- 2 And he said unto them, What have I 3 God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their † "anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. 4 And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. 5 And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. 16 7 And he took the clders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness, and briers, and | with them he † taught the men of Succoth. 17 "And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. 18 Then said he unto. Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one t resembled the children of a king. 19 And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. 20 And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. 21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us for as the man is, 80 is his strength. And Gideon arose, and "slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks. 22 Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: "the LORD shall rule over you. 24 ¶ And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) 25 And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. q ver. 7. † Heb. made ? ver. 9. ́t ch. 4. 6. u Ps. 83.11. Or, annaments like the moon. * 1 Sam. 8. 7. & 10. 19. & 12. 12. y Gen. 25. 13. & 37. 25, 28. The death of Gideon. e ch. 9. 2, 5. f ch. 9. 1. t Heb, set. 9 Gen. 25. 8. Job 5. 26. about 1209. A ver. 27. ch. 6. 24. 2 ch. 2. 19. n ch. 9. 16, 17, Ecc. 9,14,15. JUDGES. 26 And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; besides ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks. 27 And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even "in Ophrah: and all Israel bwent thither a whoring after it which thing became "a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. 28 Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. d And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. 29 And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. 30 And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. 31 And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he † called Abimelech. Jotham's parable of the trees. together, and all the house of Millo, and B. C. about 1209. Or, by the oak of the pillar: See Josh. 24. 26. about 1209. iDeut. 11. 29. & 27, 12. Joshi. 8, 33. John 4. 20. * See 2 Kings 14. 9. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they ch. 8. 22, 23. honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? m Ps. 104. 15. 10 And the trees said to the fig tree, Comet Heb. go up thou, and reign over us. 11 But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? 12 Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. and down for other trees. n Ps. 104. 15. 13 And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, "which cheereth God and 32 ¶ And Gideon the son of Joash died in man, and go to be promoted over the trees? a good old age, and was buried in the 14 Then said all the trees unto the libram- | | Or, thistle, sepulchre of Joash his father, hin Oph-ble, Come thou, and reign over us. rah of the Abi-ezrites. 15 And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my "shadow; and if not, Plet fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. 16 Now therefore, if ye have done truly pver. 20. and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done 72Kings 14.9. unto him "according to the deserving of his hands: 33 And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god. 34 And the children of Israel "remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: 35" Neither shewed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shewed unto Israel. CHAPTER IX. 1 Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites. | 17 (For my father fought for you, and tadventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: 18 And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and liave slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother :) 19 If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then trejoice ye in Abimelech, and let about 1209. AND Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal him also rejoice in you: a ch. 8. 31. Heb. What is good? whether, fc. b cli. 8. 30. c Gen. 29, 14. went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, 2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sous of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. 3 And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all Heb. after. these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our dbrother. 20 But if not, "let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. 21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. 22 ¶ When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, 23 Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech : 24 "That the cruelty done to the three- 25 And the men of Shechem set liers in Gaal's conspiracy against Abimelech. JUDGES. B. C. about 1206. Or, songs: See Is, 16. 9, 10. Jer. 25. 30. ver. 4. c1 Sam.25.10. 1 Kings 12, 16. d Gen. 34. 2,6, e 2 Sam, 15.4. [ Or, hot, † Heb. craftily, or, to Tormah. † Heb, as thy hand find, shall the men of Shechem put their confidence in 27 And they went out into the fields, and 28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him? 29 And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. 30 ¶ And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. 31 And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee. 32 Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field: 33 And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them tas thou shalt find occasion. 34 ¶ And Abimelech rose up, and all the 1 Sam. 10. 7. people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. & 25, 8. Ecc. 9. 10. + Heb, navel. || Or, The regarders of times, Deut. 18. 14, f.ver. 28, 29. g ver, 20, 35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. 36 And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. 37 And Gaal spake again and said, See, there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim. 38 Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou ƒ saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them. 39 And Gaal, went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. | Abimelech is slain at Thebez, slew the people that was therein, and h beat 48 And Abimelech gat him up to mount 49 And all the people likewise cut down 50 Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and 52 And Abimelech came unto the tower, 54 Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. 55 And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. 56 Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren : 57 And all the evil of the inen of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jorubbaal. CHAPTER X. 1 Tola judgeth Israel in Shamir. 3 Jair, whose 40 And Abimelech chased him, and he fled AND after Abimelech there a before him, and many were overthrown and 42 And it came to pass on the morrow, that 43 And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. 44 And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. 45 And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and arose to 2 And he judged Israel twenty and three c Deut. 3. 14. Or, The villages of Jair, Num. 22. 41. about 1161. deh. 2. 11. & 3. 7. & 4. 1. & 6. 1. & 13. 1. 5 And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. 6 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of ech. 2. 13. Syria, and the gods of " Zidon, and the gods fch. 2. 12. of Moab, and the gods of the children of Am-g1 Kin. 11.33. mon, and the gods of the Philistines, and Ps. 100.36. forsook the LORD, and served not him. about 1161. 7 And the anger of the LORD was hot| h ch. 2 14. against Israel, and he sold them into the 1 Sam. 12. 9. God pitieth Israel. JUDGES. hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. 8 And that year they vexed and toppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. 9 Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. 10 And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. 11 And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you kfrom the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, " from the children of Ammon, "and from the Philistines ? 12 The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. 13 "Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods wherefore I will deliver you no more. 8 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. 15 And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever † seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. 16" And they put away the † strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul † was grieved for the misery of Israel. 17 Then the children of Ammon were +gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in y Mizpeh. 18 And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. CHAPTER XI. 1 The covenant between Jephthah and the Gileadites, that he should be their head. 12 The treaty of peace between him and the Ammonites is in vain. 29 Jephthah's_vow. 32 His conquest of the Ammonites. 34 He performeth his vow on his daughter. a a Hob. 11. 32, NOW & Jephthah the Gileadite was ba mighty man of valour, and he was the son of a harlot and Gilead begat Jephthah. Jephthae, beh. 6. 12. 2 Kings 5. 1. Heb. a wo• 2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out man a harlot. Jephthah. and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman. † Heb. from the face. c ch. 9. 4. 1am, 22, 2. + Heb. after days. 3 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. 4 And it came to pass tin process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. 5 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: 6 And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. 7 And Jephthah said unto the elders of Jephthah's fruitless embassy. Gilead, d 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 dis tress? B. C. about 1161. d Gen. 26. 27. e ch. 10. 18. ' 8 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to theef Luke 17. 4. now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gil-y ch. 10. 18. ead. 9 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? 10 And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD t be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. 11 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. 12 ¶ 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? 13 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 peacea bly. 14 And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: 15 And said unto him, Thus saith Jeph thah, "Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Am mon: 16 But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; 17 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. 18 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. 19 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. 20" But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Silon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. 21 And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they bsmote them: so Israel Num. 21.24, possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. 22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. 23 So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? 24 Wilt not thou possess that which 25. Deut. 2. 33, 31. c Deut. 2. 36. |