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And the king of the sons of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, "It is because Israel ^(C1)took my land when they came up from Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the ^(C2)Jabbok and the Jordan; so return them peaceably now."

But Jephthah sent messengers once again to the king of the sons of Ammon,

and they said to him, "This is what Jephthah says: 'Israel did not take the land of Moab nor the land of the sons of Ammon.

'For when they came up from Egypt, and Israel ^(C1)went through the wilderness to the ^(F1)Red Sea, and ^(C2)came to Kadesh,

then Israel ^(C1)sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, "Please let us pass through your land"; but the king of Edom would not listen. ^(C2)And they also sent messengers to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh.

'Then they went through the wilderness and ^(C1)around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came to the east side of the land of Moab, and they camped beyond the Arnon; but they ^(C2)did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab.