Judges 11:15-17
11:15 and said to him, “This is what Jephthah says, ‘Israel did not steal 1 the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.
11:16 When they left 2 Egypt, Israel traveled 3 through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.
11:17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us 4 to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. 5 Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. 6 So Israel stayed at Kadesh.
1 tn Or “take”; or “seize.”
2 tn Heb “For when they went up from.”
3 tn Or “went.”
4 tn Heb “me.” (Collective Israel is the speaker.)
5 tn Heb “did not listen.”
6 tn Heb “Also to the king of Moab he sent, but he was unwilling.”