Text: Judges 11:15
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 21:10
Subject: historical precedent
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jephthah's historical argument traces Israel's wilderness itinerary from Numbers 21:10, where the Israelites set out and camped at Oboth after the Bronze Serpent incident, beginning their journey through Transjordan. By citing this itinerary (from Oboth through Iye-abarim to the Valley of Zered), Jephthah demonstrates the factual route Israel took, bypassing Moabite and Ammonite territory before encountering the Amorites. This appeal to the Numbers narrative alongside Deuteronomy's account shows Jephthah treating both Pentateuchal sources as complementary historical witnesses establishing Israel's legitimate territorial claims.