27. The Israelites have not sinned against you. But you are doing a very bad thing against them. May the Lord, the true Judge, decide whether the Israelites or the Ammonites are right.”
28. The king of the Ammonites refused to listen to this message from Jephthah.
29. Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah, and he passed through the area of Gilead and Manasseh. He went through the city of Mizpah in Gilead on his way to the land of the Ammonites.
30. Jephthah made a promise to the Lord. He said, “If you will let me defeat the Ammonites,
31. I will give you the first thing that comes out of my house when I come back from the victory. I will give it to the Lord as a burnt offering.”