THEOSISJudges 11:8Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And the princes of Galaad said to Jephte: For this cause we are now come to thee, that thou mayst go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be head over all the inhabitants of Galaad.
וַיֹּאמְרוּ֩ זִקְנֵ֨י גִלְעָ֜ד אֶל־יִפְתָּ֗ח לָכֵן֙ עַתָּה֙ שַׁ֣בְנוּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְהָלַכְתָּ֣ עִמָּ֔נוּ וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֖ בִּבְנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וְהָיִ֤יתָ לָּ֙נוּ֙ לְרֹ֔אשׁ לְכֹ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֥י גִלְעָֽד׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Judg 10:18And the princes of Galaad said one to another: Whosoever of us shall first begin to fight against the children of Ammon, he shall be the leader of the people of Galaad.
- Ex 10:17But now forgive me my sin this time also, and pray to the Lord your God, that he take away from me this death.
- Ex 8:28And Pharao said: I will let you go to sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness, but go no farther: pray for me.
- Ex 8:8But Pharao called Moses and Aaron, and said to them: Pray ye to the Lord to take away the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go to sacrifice to the Lord.
- Ex 9:28Pray ye to the Lord that the thunderings of God and the hail may cease: that I may let you go, and that ye may stay here no longer.
- Luke 17:3Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin against thee, reprove him: and if he do penance, forgive him.
- Luke 17:4And if he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day be converted unto thee, saying: I repent: forgive him.