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25 Also ask yourselves:[a] do you have a better case[b] than Zippor’s son Balak, king of Moab? Did he ever have a quarrel with Israel or ever win a[c] fight against them? 26 When Israel was living in Heshbon and its surrounding villages, in Aroer and its surrounding villages, and in all the cities that line the banks of the Arnon River these past three hundred years, why didn’t you retake them during that time? 27 I haven’t sinned against you, but you are acting wrongly against me by declaring war on me. May the Lord, the Judge, sit in judgment today between the Israelis and the Ammonites.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 11:25 Lit. And now
  2. Judges 11:25 Lit. are you better
  3. Judges 11:25 The Heb. lacks ever win a