SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 11:11

11:11a So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead,

So Jephthah went back with them to Gilead.
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So Jephthah went with them back to the Gilead region,

11:11b and the people made him their leader and commander.

The people appointed him to be their leader and the commander of their army.
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and the people made him their chief and the leader of their army.

11:11c And Jephthah repeated all his terms in the presence of the LORD at Mizpah.

Then he spoke to the people at a ceremony before Yahweh in Mizpah. He repeated to them all the words ⌊that he had discussed with the elders⌋ .
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In the town of Mizpah, Jephthah told the people about the agreement he had made ⌊with the elders⌋ . He did this in front of Yahweh.

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