Thus saith Jephte: Israel did not take away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon:

and said to him, |Thus says Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites,

and saith to him, 'Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not the land of Moab, and the land of the Bene-Ammon,

And said to him, This is the word of Jephthah: Israel did not take away the land of Moab or the land of the children of Ammon;

"Jephthah says this: Israel did not take the land of Moab, nor the land of the sons of Ammon.

Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law Deuteronomy 31:26 was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah's accurate knowledge of it; and this exact agreement of his message with Numbers and Deuteronomy would give additional force to the expression, "he uttered all his words before the Lord" Judges 11:11.

And said unto him,.... By his messengers:
thus saith Jephthah; in a majestic style, as governor of Israel:
Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon; they were charged not to take any, nor did they take any that belonged to any of these countries, or that was then in the possession of either of them, Deuteronomy 2:9 what they did take was in the hands of Sihon and Og, and they had obtained it by conquest, and so no more belonging to either of these.