Genesis 31:49 - Easy To Read Version Then Laban said, “Let the Lord watch over us while we are separated from each other.” So that place was also named Mizpah. [186] Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [the pillar or monument was called] Mizpah [watchpost], for he [Laban] said, May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent and hidden one from another. American Standard Version (1901) and Mizpah, for he said, Jehovah watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. Common English Bible He also named it Mizpah, because he said, “The LORD will observe both of us when we are separated from each other. Catholic Public Domain Version "May the Lord consider and judge between us, when we will have withdrawn from one another. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord behold and judge between us when we shall be gone one from the other, |
Then king Asa gave an order to all of the people of Judah. Every person had to help. They went to Ramah and took all the stones and wood that Baasha was using to make that city strong. They carried those things to Geba in the land of Benjamin and to Mizpah. Then King Asa built those two towns much stronger.
“Priests, nation of Israel, and people in the king’s family, listen to me. You have been judged guilty!
So Jephthah went with the elders (leaders) from Gilead. Those people made Jephthah their leader and their commander. Jephthah repeated all of his words in front of the Lord at the city of Mizpah.
Then the Spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah. Jephthah passed through the area of Gilead and Manasseh. He went to the city of Mizpah in Gilead. From the city of Mizpah in Gilead, Jephthah passed through to the land of the Ammonite people.
Remember this agreement between you and me. The Lord is our witness forever!”