וַיִּבְרַ֤ח יִפְתָּח֙ מִפְּנֵ֣י אֶחָ֔יו וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּאֶ֣רֶץ ט֑וֹב וַיִּֽתְלַקְּט֤וּ אֶל־יִפְתָּח֙ אֲנָשִׁ֣ים רֵיקִ֔ים וַיֵּצְא֖וּ עִמּֽוֹ׃ (פ)
Maka Yefta melarikan diri dari saudara-saudaranya dan tinggal di tanah Tob. Lalu berkumpullah kepada Yefta orang-orang yang tidak berguna, dan mereka keluar bersama-sama dengan dia.
Jerusalem Talmud Sheviit
Rebbi Joshua ben Levi said it is written (Jud. 11:3): “Jephtah fled because of his brothers and dwelled in the land Good,” that is Hippos. Why is it called “Good”, because it frees from tithes. [63The passage in brackets is from Demay, Chapter 2 (at Note 97); it refers to Kefar Ẓemaḥ, a place within the municipality of Hippos with a Jewish quarter, in contrast to Gentile Hippos. It has no connection with the theme of this paragraph other than the mention of Hippos. Rebbi Immi asked: Are these not of the taxpayers? Rebbi Immi is of the opinion that taxpayers count as if they were conquered.] For Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman said, Joshua sent three orders64The word in the Yerushalmi (both mss.) seems to be corrupt. In the parallel Lev.rabba 17(6) the reading is פרוזדוגמאות in the printed editions and פרסטיגמאות in Arukh. Compare Greek πρόσταγμα “command, edict”. to the Land of Israel before they entered the Land: Those who want to evacuate should evacuate, those who want to make peace should make peace, those who want to go to war should go to war. The Girgasites65Even though the Girgasites are mentioned in Jos. 24:11 as having fought against Israel, they are not mentioned anywhere in the report on the conquest. evacuated, believed in the Holy One, praised be He, and went to Africa66The Roman province of Africa on the Southern shore of the Mediterranean. In the Babli (Sanhedrin 94a), the identification is quoted in the name of Mar Zuṭra, a late Amora known for his quotes of sermons of early authorities.. (2K. 18:32, Is. 36:17) “Until I come and take you to a land like your Land,” that is Africa. The people of Gibeon made peace, (Jos. 10:1) “… that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel.” Thirty-one kings went to war and fell.
Bava Kamma
It is written in the Torah: “And Esau went to Ishmael…” (Genesis 28:9). It is repeated in the Prophets: “Worthless men were gathered to Jepthah and they were with him” (Judges 11:3). It is taught a third time in the Writings: “Every bird dwells with its own kind, and humans with those that are like them” (≈Ben Sira 13:15). It is taught in a Mishnah: “That which is attached to what is impure, is impure. That which is attached to what is pure, is pure” (M Keilm 12:2). And it is taught in a baraita: “Rabbi Eliezer says: It is not for no reason that the starling goes to the raven, but because he is of his kind.”