1 Now Yiftach [He Opens] the Gil’adi [Hill of Testimony] was a mighty man of valour, and he [was] the son of an prostitute: and Gil’ad [Rocky Region] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Yiftach [He Opens].

2 And Gil’ad [Rocky Region]’s wife bore him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Yiftach [He Opens], and said unto him, youi shall not inherit in our father’s house; for youi [are] the son of a strange woman.

3 Then Yiftach [He Opens] fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tov [Good]: and there were gathered vain men to Yiftach [He Opens], and went out with him.

4 And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] made war against Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].

5 And it was so, that when the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] made war against Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], the elders of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] went to fetch Yiftach [He Opens] out of the land of Tov [Good]:

6 And they said unto Yiftach [He Opens], Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of ‘Amon [Inbred].

7 And Yiftach [He Opens] said unto the elders of Gil’ad [Rocky Region], Did not you2f hate me, and expel me out of my father’s house? and why are you2f come unto me now when you2f are in distress?

8 And the elders of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] said unto Yiftach [He Opens], Therefore we turn again to youi now, that youi may go with us, and fight against the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gil’ad [Rocky Region].

9 And Yiftach [He Opens] said unto the elders of Gil’ad [Rocky Region], If you2f bring me home again to fight against the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], and the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

10 And the elders of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] said unto Yiftach [He Opens], The LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) be witness between us, if we do not so according to youi words.

11 Then Yiftach [He Opens] went with the elders of Gil’ad [Rocky Region], and the people made him head and captain over them: and Yiftach [He Opens] uttered all his words before the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) in Mitzpah [Watchtower].

12 And Yiftach [He Opens] sent messengers unto the king of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], saying, What have youi to do with me, that youi are come against me to fight in my land?

13 And the king of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] answered unto the messengers of Yiftach [He Opens], Because Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] took away my land, when they came up out of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], from ‘Arnon [Rushing Stream] even unto Yabok [luxuriant emptying river], and unto Yarden [Descender]: now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably.

14 And Yiftach [He Opens] sent messengers again unto the king of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred]:

15 And said unto him, Thus says Yiftach [He Opens], Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] took not away the land of Mo’av [Seed of my Father], nor the land of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred]:

16 But when Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] came up from Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place], and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh [Holy];

17 Then Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] sent messengers unto the king of Edom [Red], saying, Let me, I pray youi, pass through youi land: but the king of Edom [Red] would not hearken [thereto]. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]: but he would not [consent]: and Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] abode in Kadesh [Holy].

18 Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom [Red], and the land of Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and came by the east side of the land of Mo’av [Seed of my Father], and pitched on the other side of ‘Arnon [Rushing Stream], but came not within the border of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]: for ‘Arnon [Rushing Stream] [was] the border of Mo’av [Seed of my Father].

19 And Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] sent messengers unto Sichon [Warrior] king of the Emori [Highlanders], the king of Heshbon [Stronghold]; and Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] said unto him, Let us pass, we pray youi, through youi land into my place.

20 But Sichon [Warrior] trusted not Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] to pass through his coast: but Sichon [Warrior] gathered all his people together, and pitched in Yachatz [Trampled Down], and fought against Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].

21 And the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] delivered Sichon [Warrior] and all his people into the hand of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and they struck them: so Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] possessed all the land of the Emori [Highlanders], the inhabitants of that country.

22 And they possessed all the coasts of the Emori [Highlanders], from ‘Arnon [Rushing Stream] even unto Yabok [luxuriant emptying river], and from the wilderness even unto Yarden [Descender].

23 So now the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] has dispossessed the Emori [Highlanders] from before his people Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], and should youi possess it?

24 Will not youi possess that which K’mosh [Subduer] youri god gives youi to possess? So whomsoever the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) our God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] shall drive out from before us, them will we possess.

25 And now [are] youi anything better than Balak [Devastator] the son of Zippor [Sparrow], king of Mo’av [Seed of my Father]? did he ever strive against Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God], or did he ever fight against them,

26 While Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] dwelt in Heshbon [Stronghold] and her towns, and in ‘Aeo’er [Ruins] and her towns, and in all the cities that [be] along by the coasts of ‘Arnon [Rushing Stream], three hundred years? why therefore did you2f not recover [them] within that time?

27 For what reason I have not sinned against youi, but youi do me wrong to war against me: let Yehovah HaShofet [Messiah Pre-Incarnate The Judge] be judge this day between the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] and the children of ‘Amon [Inbred].

28 However the king of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] listened not unto the words of Yiftach [He Opens] which he sent him.

29 Then the Spirit of the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came upon Yiftach [He Opens], and he passed over Gil’ad [Rocky Region], and M’nasheh [Causing to Forget], and passed over Mitzpah [Watchtower] of Gil’ad [Rocky Region], and from Mitzpah [Watchtower] of Gil’ad [Rocky Region] he passed over [unto] the children of ‘Amon [Inbred].

30 And Yiftach [He Opens] vowed a vow unto the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and said, If youi shall without fail deliver the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] into my hands,

31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever comes forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of ‘Amon [Inbred], shall surely be the LORD-Yehōvah’s [Messiah Pre-Incarnate], and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.

32 So Yiftach [He Opens] passed over unto the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] to fight against them; and the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) delivered them into his hands.

33 And he struck them from ‘Aeo’er [Ruins], even till youi come to Minnit [distribution], [even] twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] were subdued before the people of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God].

34 And Yiftach [He Opens] came to Mitzpah [Watchtower] unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she [was his] only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

35 And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! youi have brought me very low, and youi are one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), and I cannot go back.

36 And she said unto him, My father, [if] youi have opened youi mouth unto the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate), do to me according to that which has proceeded out of youi mouth; forasmuch as the LORD-Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has taken vengeance for youi of youi enemies, [even] of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred].

37 And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows.

38 And he said, Go. And he sent her away [for] two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains.

39 And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her [according] to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God],

40 [That] the daughters of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] went yearly to lament the daughter of Yiftach [He Opens] the Gil’adi [Hill of Testimony] four days in a year.