13. The Ammonite king said to Jephthah’s messengers, “Because Israel stole my land when they came up from Egypt – from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north, and as far west as the Jordan. Now return it peaceably!”
14. Jephthah sent messengers back to the Ammonite king
15. and said to him, “This is what Jephthah says, ‘Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites.
16. When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh.
17. Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, “Please allow us to pass through your land.” But the king of Edom rejected the request. Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. So Israel stayed at Kadesh.