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Judges 11:7

King James Version (KJV)

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Judges 11:7

Verse 7 of 40

Scripture focus

And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress?

Judges 11:7 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Judges 11:7

Theological / Devotional

Expel me. Jephthah had been driven not only from his home but evidently from his tribe and country also, for tribal and inheritance rights went together. Therefore, expulsion from the home made a man an outcast, a wanderer, with no clansmen to aid him in protecting himself or his belongings.

Evidently the elders of Israel had supported Jephthah’s brothers when they had driven Jephthah from home, for he charged them with formerly being animated by hatred against him, and a party to his expulsion. He still felt that he had been dealt with unjustly, perhaps not so much that they violated the letter of the law, but that they violated his father’s wishes. The pretense of legal right is often a mere cover for the foulest wrongs and deepest injuries.

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