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Judges 11:10
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD will be witness between us. Surely we will do what you say.”
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Judges 11:10 in other translations
And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words.
And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD is our witness if we do not do as you say.”
The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The Lord shall be witness between us; surely according to your word so will we do."
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In context
7 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “Didn’t you hate me, and drive me out of my father’s house? Why have you come to me now when you are in distress?”
8 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “Therefore we have turned again to you now, that you may go with us and fight with the children of Ammon. You will be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
9 Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, “If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivers them before me, will I be your head?”
10 The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, “The LORD will be witness between us. Surely we will do what you say.”
11 Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them. Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD in Mizpah.
12 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?”
13 The king of the children of Ammon answered the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel took away my land when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan. Now therefore restore that territory again peaceably.”
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