Study it in the app“Do you not take possession of what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever YHWH our Elohim has dispossessed before us, that we will take possession of.”
Do you notהֲלֹאtake possessionתִירָשׁof whatאֵת אֲשֶׁר אוֹתוֹChemoshכְּמוֹשׁyour godאֱלֹהֶיךָgives you to possess?יוֹרִישְׁךָSo whateverוְאֵת כָּל אֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהour Elohimאֱלֹהֵינוּhas dispossessedהוֹרִישׁbefore us,מִפָּנֵינוּthatאוֹתוֹwe will take possession of.נִירָשׁ
possess
To occupy a land and make it one's own.
Where else “tirash” appearsChemosh
Chemosh, the god of the Moabites. The name means "the mighty one."
Where else “kemosh” appearsgods
The gods of other peoples.
Where else “elohe” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pane” appearsChemosh was the god of Moab (Numbers 21:29). It can be understood that Jephthah speaks to the king with the words the king himself would use, without saying that Chemosh is a true god.
23So now YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorite before his people Israel; and are you going to take possession of it?
24 · This verse (above)
25And now, are you really any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
