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1. The men of Ephraim called all their soldiers together and crossed the river to the town of Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why didn't you call us to help you fight the Ammonites? We will burn your house down with you in it."
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1. And the men H376 of Ephraim H669 gathered themselves together H6817 , and went H5674 northward H6828 , and said H559 unto Jephthah H3316 , Wherefore H4069 passedst thou over H5674 to fight H3898 against the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , and didst not H3808 call H7121 us to go H1980 with H5973 thee? we will burn H8313 thine house H1004 upon H5921 thee with fire H784 .
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2. Jephthah answered them, "My people and I fought a great battle against the Ammonites. I called you, but you didn't come to help me.
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2. And Jephthah H3316 said H559 unto H413 them, I H589 and my people H5971 were H1961 at great strife H376 H7379 H3966 with the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 ; and when I called H2199 you , ye delivered H3467 me not H3808 out of their hands H4480 H3027 .
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3. When I saw that you would not help me, I risked my own life and went against the Ammonites. The Lord handed them over to me. So why have you come to fight against me today?"
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3. And when I saw H7200 that H3588 ye delivered H3467 me not H369 , I put H7760 my life H5315 in my hands H3709 , and passed over H5674 against H413 the children H1121 of Ammon H5983 , and the LORD H3068 delivered H5414 them into my hand H3027 : wherefore H4100 then are ye come up H5927 unto H413 me this H2088 day H3117 , to fight H3898 against me?
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4. Then Jephthah called the men of Gilead together and fought the men of Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, "You men of Gilead are nothing but deserters from Ephraim -- living between Ephraim and Manasseh."
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4. Then Jephthah H3316 gathered together H6908 H853 all H3605 the men H376 of Gilead H1568 , and fought H3898 with H854 Ephraim H669 : and the men H376 of Gilead H1568 smote H5221 H853 Ephraim H669 , because H3588 they said H559 , Ye H859 Gileadites H1568 are fugitives H6412 of Ephraim H669 among H8432 the Ephraimites H669 , and among H8432 the Manassites H4519 .
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5. The men of Gilead captured the crossings of the Jordan River that led to the country of Ephraim. A person from Ephraim trying to escape would say, "Let me cross the river." Then the men of Gilead would ask him, "Are you from Ephraim?" If he replied no,
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5. And the Gileadites H1568 took H3920 H853 the passages H4569 of Jordan H3383 before the Ephraimites H669 : and it was H1961 so , that when H3588 those Ephraimites H669 which were escaped H6412 said H559 , Let me go over H5674 ; that the men H376 of Gilead H1568 said H559 unto him, Art thou H859 an Ephraimite H673 ? If he said H559 , Nay H3808 ;
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6. they would say to him, "Say the word 'Shibboleth.'" The men of Ephraim could not say that word correctly. So if the person from Ephraim said, "Sibboleth," the men of Gilead would kill him at the crossing. So forty-two thousand people from Ephraim were killed at that time.
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6. Then said H559 they unto him, Say H559 now H4994 Shibboleth H7641 : and he said H559 Sibboleth H5451 : for he could not H3808 frame H3559 to pronounce H1696 it right H3651 . Then they took H270 him , and slew H7819 him at H413 the passages H4569 of Jordan H3383 : and there fell H5307 at that H1931 time H6256 of the Ephraimites H4480 H669 forty H705 and two H8147 thousand H505 .
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7. Jephthah was a judge for Israel for six years. Then Jephthah, the man from Gilead, died and was buried in a town in Gilead. Ibzan, the Judge
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7. And Jephthah H3316 judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 six H8337 years H8141 . Then died H4191 Jephthah H3316 the Gileadite H1569 , and was buried H6912 in one of the cities H5892 of Gilead H1568 .
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8. After Jephthah died, Ibzan from Bethlehem was a judge for Israel.
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8. And after H310 him Ibzan H78 of Bethlehem H4480 H1035 judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 .
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9. He had thirty sons and thirty daughters. He let his daughters marry men who were not in his family group, and he brought thirty women who were not in his tribe to be wives for his sons. Ibzan judged Israel for seven years.
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9. And he had H1961 thirty H7970 sons H1121 , and thirty H7970 daughters H1323 , whom he sent H7971 abroad H2351 , and took in H935 thirty H7970 daughters H1323 from H4480 abroad H2351 for his sons H1121 . And he judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 seven H7651 years H8141 .
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10. Then he died and was buried in Bethlehem. Elon, the Judge
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10. Then died H4191 Ibzan H78 , and was buried H6912 at Bethlehem H1035 .
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11. After Ibzan died, Elon from the tribe of Zebulun was a judge for Israel. He judged Israel for ten years.
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11. And after H310 him Elon H356 , a Zebulonite H2075 , judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 ; and he judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 ten H6235 years H8141 .
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12. Then Elon, the man of Zebulun, died and was buried in the city of Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. Abdon, the Judge
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12. And Elon H356 the Zebulonite H2075 died H4191 , and was buried H6912 in Aijalon H357 in the country H776 of Zebulun H2075 .
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13. After Elon died, Abdon son of Hillel from the city of Pirathon was a judge for Israel.
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13. And after H310 him Abdon H5658 the son H1121 of Hillel H1985 , a Pirathonite H6553 , judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 .
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14. He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. He judged Israel for eight years.
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14. And he had H1961 forty H705 sons H1121 and thirty H7970 nephews H1121 H1121 , that rode H7392 on H5921 threescore and ten H7657 ass colts H5895 : and he judged H8199 H853 Israel H3478 eight H8083 years H8141 .
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15. Then Abdon son of Hillel died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mountains where the Amalekites lived.
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15. And Abdon H5658 the son H1121 of Hillel H1985 the Pirathonite H6553 died H4191 , and was buried H6912 in Pirathon H6552 in the land H776 of Ephraim H669 , in the mount H2022 of the Amalekites H6003 .
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