Judges 12:5
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And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;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,”
In other translations
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;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,”
Hebrew words
וַיִּלְכֹּדvaiyilkodand it capturedH3920גִּלְעָדgil'adGileadH1568אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853מַעְבְּרוֹתma'berot[the] fords ofH4569הַיַּרְדֵּןhaiyardenthe JordanH3383לְאֶפְרָיִםle'efrayimto EphraimH669וְהָיָהvehayahand it wasH1961כִּיkithatH3588יֹאמְרוּyomeruthey saidH559פְּלִיטֵיpelitei[the] fugitives ofH6412אֶפְרַיִם'efrayimEphraimH669אֶעֱבֹרָה'e'evorahlet me pass overH5674וַיֹּאמְרוּvaiyomeruand they saidH559לוֹloto <the> himאַנְשֵׁי־'anshei-[the] men ofH582גִלְעָדgil'adGileadH1568הַאֶפְרָתִיha'efrati¿ an EphrathiteH673אַתָּה'atah[are] youH859וַיֹּאמֶר׀vaiyomerand he saidH559לֹא׃lo'noH3808
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Related verses
- Judges 3:28And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the Lord hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
- Joshua 22:11And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel.Then the Israelites received the report: “Behold, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar on the border of the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side.”
- Judges 7:24And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Beth–barah and Jordan.Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
- Joshua 2:7And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
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People and places
People: Ephraim