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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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Wilt not thou possess
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"This is simply an argumentum ad hominem; in which Jephthah argues on this principles recognized by the king of Ammon. As if he had said, ""You suppose that the land which you possess was given you by your god Chemosh; and therefore will not relinquish what you believe you hold by a divine right. Now we know that Jehovah, our God, has given us the land of the Israelites; and therefore we will not give it up.""" |
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Chemosh
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Num 21:29; 1Ki 11:7; Jer 48:7,46 |
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whomsoever
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Deu 9:4,5; Deu 18:12; Jos 3:10; Psa 44:2; Psa 78:55; Mic 4:5 |
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Num 21:29 |
Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. |
  
  
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1Ki 11:7 |
Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that [is] before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. |
  
  
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Jer 48:7 |
For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity [with] his priests and his princes together. |
  
  
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Jer 48:46 |
Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. |
  
  
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Deu 9:4 |
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. |
  
  
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Deu 9:5 |
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. |
  
  
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Deu 18:12 |
For all that do these things [are] an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. |
  
  
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Jos 3:10 |
And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God [is] among you, and [that] he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. |
  
  
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Psa 44:2 |
[How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. |
  
  
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Psa 78:55 |
He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. |
  
  
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Mic 4:5 |
For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Judges 11:24," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. . <http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jdg/11/24.html>.

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