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Judges 11:24

Judges 11:24 is verse 24 of Judges chapter 11, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.

King James Version

Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.

World English Bible

Won’t you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.

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Judges 11:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible

22 seizing all the land from the Arnon to the Jabbok and from the wilderness to the Jordan.

23 Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?

24 Do you not possess whatever your god Chemosh grants you? So also, we possess whatever the LORD our God has granted us.

25 Are you now so much better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel or fight against them?

26 For three hundred years Israel has lived in Heshbon, Aroer, and their villages, as well as all the cities along the banks of the Arnon. Why did you not take them back during that time?

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Hebrew words

הֲלֹ֞א¿ not אֵ֣ת<obj.>אֲשֶׁ֧ר[that] which יוֹרִֽישְׁךָ֛he will cause to possess you כְּמ֥וֹשׁChemosh אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָgod your אוֹת֥וֹ<obj.> it תִירָ֑שׁwill you take possession of וְאֵת֩and <obj.>כָּלall אֲשֶׁ֨רthat הוֹרִ֜ישׁhe has dispossessed יְהוָ֧הYahweh אֱלֹהֵ֛ינוּGod our מִפָּנֵ֖ינוּfrom before us אוֹת֥וֹ<obj.> it נִירָֽשׁwe will take possession of

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Numbers 21:29
Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.

1 Kings 11:7
At that time on a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abomination of Moab and for Molech the abomination of the Ammonites.

Jeremiah 48:7
Because you trust in your works and treasures, you too will be captured, and Chemosh will go into exile with his priests and officials.

Jeremiah 48:46
Woe to you, O Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; for your sons have been taken into exile and your daughters have gone into captivity.

Deuteronomy 9:4
When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

Deuteronomy 9:5
It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

Deuteronomy 18:12
For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD. And because of these detestable things, the LORD your God is driving out the nations before you.

Joshua 3:10
He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

Psalms 44:2
With Your hand You drove out the nations and planted our fathers there; You crushed the peoples and cast them out.

Psalms 78:55
He drove out nations before them and apportioned their inheritance; He settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.

Micah 4:5
Though each of the peoples may walk in the name of his god, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.

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