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And the Gileadites captured (A)the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over”, the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No”, they said to him, “Then say Shibboleth”, and he said, “Sibboleth”, for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slaughtered him at (B)the fords of the Jordan. At that time 42,000 of the Ephraimites fell.

Jephthah judged Israel for six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in his city in Gilead.[a]

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  1. Judges 12:7 Septuagint; Hebrew in the cities of Gilead