The word of the men of Gilead at the fords of the Jordan to say “Shibboleth”
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Judges 12:4–6: Then Jephthah gathers together all the men of Gilead, and fights with Ephraim. The men of Gilead strike Ephraim, because the men of Ephraim said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh.” The Gileadites take the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Whenever a fugitive of Ephraim says, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he says, “No;” then they say to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he says, “Sibboleth”; for he can’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seize him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fall.
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- JDG 12:4–6, engwebp
4Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim, because they said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh.”
5The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Whenever a fugitive of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said, “No;”
6then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.
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Jephthah — Took part in — The word of the men of Gilead at the fords of the Jordan to say “Shibboleth”
Evidence: Judges 12:4–6
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: The word of the men of Gilead at the fords of the Jordan to say “Shibboleth” (event-jdg-12-shibboleth-at-the-fords-of-the-jordan) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/jdg-12-shibboleth-at-the-fords-of-the-jordan Current wording: Judges 12:4–6: Then Jephthah gathers together all the men of Gilead, and fights with Ephraim. The men of Gilead strike Ephraim, because the men of Ephraim said, “You are fugitives of Ephraim, you Gileadites, in the middle of Ephraim, and in the middle of Manasseh.” The Gileadites take the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. Whenever a fugitive of Ephraim says, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead say to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he says, “No;” then they say to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he says, “Sibboleth”; for he can’t manage to pronounce it correctly, then they seize him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fall. Cited evidence: JDG 12:4–6, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.