1There was at that time Jephte the Galaadite,…
2Now Galaad had a wife of whom he…
3Then he fled and avoided them and dwelt…
4In those days the children of Ammon made…
5And as they pressed hard upon them, the…
6And they said to him: Come thou and…
7And he answered them: Are not you the…
8And the princes of Galaad said to Jephte:…
9Jephte also said to them: If you be…
10They answered him: The Lord who heareth these…
11Jephte therefore went with the princes of Galaad,…
12And he sent messengers to the king of…
13And he answered them: I Because Israel took…
14And Jephte again sent word by them, and…
15Thus saith Jephte: Israel did not take away…
16But when they came up out of Egypt,…
17And he sent messengers to the king of…
18And went round the land of Edom at…
19So Israel sent messengers to Sehon king of…
20But he also despising the words of Israel,…
21And the Lord delivered him with all his…
22And all the coasts thereof from the Arnon…
23So the Lord the God of Israel destroyed…
24Are not those things which thy god Chamos…
25Unless perhaps thou art better than Balac the…
26Whereas he hath dwelt in Hesebon, and the…
27Therefore I do not trespass against thee, but…
28And the king of the children of Ammon…
29Therefore the spirit of the Lord came upon…
30He made a vow to the Lord, saying:…
31Whosoever shall first come forth out of the…
32And Jephte passed over to the children of…
33And he smote them from Aroer till you…
34And when Jephte returned into Maspha to his…
35And when he saw her, he rent his…
36And she answered him: My father, if thou…
37And she said to her father: Grant me…
38And he answered her: Go. And he sent…
39And the two months being expired, she returned…
40That from year to year the daughters of…
