The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, "Let me cross over," the Gileadites would ask him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he answered, "No," Cross References Judges 3:28"Follow me," he told them, "for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hands." So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over. Judges 12:4 Then Jephthah gathered all of the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, "You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh." Judges 12:6 they told him, "Please say Shibboleth." If he said, "Sibboleth," because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed. Chapter Outline 1. The Ephraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, are slain by the Gileadites7. Jephthah dies 8. Ibzan, who had thirty sons, and thirty daughters 11. and Elon 13. and Abdon, who had forty sons, and thirty nephews, judge Israel Jump to Previous Captured Cross Ephraim E'phraim Ephraimite E'phraimite Ephraimites E'phraimites Escaped Jordan Leading Opposite Passages Survivor WheneverJump to Next Captured Cross Ephraim E'phraim Ephraimite E'phraimite Ephraimites E'phraimites Escaped Jordan Leading Opposite Passages Survivor Whenever |
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