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23 “ ‘Now since it was the Lord, the God of Israel, who has driven the Amorites out from before the people of Israel, who are you that you should take it over? 24 Should you not possess what Chemosh,[a] your god, has given you to possess? Whatever the Lord, our God, has given us to possess, we will possess it.

25 “ ‘Are you any better than Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with Israel or fight against it?

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:24 Chemosh: the principal god of the Moabites (Num 21:29).

23 “Now since the Lord, the God of Israel, has driven the Amorites out before his people Israel, what right have you to take it over? 24 Will you not take what your god Chemosh(A) gives you? Likewise, whatever the Lord our God has given us,(B) we will possess. 25 Are you any better than Balak son of Zippor,(C) king of Moab? Did he ever quarrel with Israel or fight with them?(D)

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