RobH_en_tn/jdg/11/24.md

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Will you not take over the land that Chemosh, your god, gives you?

Jephthah is rebuking the king of the Ammonites with a rhetorical question. This question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "You should only take over the land that Chemosh, your god, gives you." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

take over

This is an idiom which means to take control of something. Alternate translation: "take control of" or "take possession of" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

Chemosh

This is the name of a false god. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)