Verse 9

And Iephthah sayde vnto the elders of Gilead: If ye bring me home againe to fight against the children of Ammon, then yf the Lorde deliuer them before me, shall I be your head?

Referenced Verses

• Num 32:20-29 : 20 And Moyses sayde vnto them: If ye wyll do this thyng, and go harnessed before the Lorde to warre, 21 And will go all of you in harnesse ouer Iordane before the Lord, vntil he haue cast out his enemies from his sight, 22 And vntyll the lande be subdued before the Lorde: then ye shall returne, and be without sinne before the Lorde and before Israel, and this lande shalbe your possession before the Lorde. 23 But and if ye wyll not do so, beholde, ye haue sinned agaynst the Lorde: and be sure your sinne wyll finde you out. 24 Nowe therfore, builde cities for your children, and foldes for your sheepe, and do that ye haue spoken. 25 The children of Gad, and the children of Ruben, spake vnto Moyses, saying: Thy seruauntes wyll do as my Lorde commaundeth. 26 Our children, our wyues, our sheepe, and our cattell, shall remayne here in the cities of Gilead: 27 But thy seruauntes wyll go all harnessed for the warre, and vnto battayle before the Lorde, as my Lorde sayth. 28 And for their sakes, Moyses commaunded Eleazar the priest, & Iosuah the sonne of Nun, and the chiefe fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, 29 And Moyses sayde vnto them: If the children of Gad, and the children of Ruben wyl go with you ouer Iordane, all armed, to fyght before the Lorde, then when the lande is subdued before you, ye shall geue them the lande of Gilead to possesse: