Judges 11:26

“While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, etc.] This was the principal city, which formerly belonged to the Moabites, and was taken from them by Sihon; who being conquered by Israel, it fell into their hands, and they inhabited it, and the towns adjacent to it, from that time to the present; (see <042125>Numbers 21:25) and in Aroer and her towns; another city with its villages, taken at the same time, and ever since inhabited by the Israelites, even by the tribe of Gad, who rebuilt it; it lay near the river Arnon; (see <043234>Numbers 32:34 <050312> Deuteronomy 3:12) and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon; which lay along by the side of that river, which divided Moab…”

“Consult the marginal references. If the ark with the copy of the Law Deuteronomy 31:26 was at Mizpeh, it would account for Jephthah’s accurate knowledge of it; and this exact agreement of his message with Numbers and Deuteronomy would give additional force to the expression, “he uttered all his words before the Lord” Judges 11:11. Judges 11:17 No mention is made of this embassy to Moab in the Pentateuch. Judges 11:19 Into my place - This expression implies that the trans-Jordanic possessions of Israel were not included in the land of Canaan properly speaking. Judges 11:21 The title “God of Israel” has a special emphasis here, and in Judges 11:23. in a narrative of transactions relating to…”

“Three hundred years - Not precisely, but about that time, either from their coming out of Egypt; or, from their first conquest of those lands. He urges prescription, which is by all men reckoned a just title, and it is fit it should be so for the good of the world, because otherwise the door would be opened both to kings, and to private persons, for infinite contentions and confusions. Judges 11:27”

“Heshbon: Num 21:25-30; Deu 2:24, Deu 3:2, Deu 3:6; Jos 12:2, Jos 12:5, Jos 13:10 Aroer: Deu 2:36 three hundred: Jdg 3:11, Jdg 3:30, Jdg 5:31, Jdg 8:28, Jdg 9:22, Jdg 10:2, Jdg 10:3, Jdg 10:8; Jos 11:18, Jos 23:1 Judges 11:27”