Verse 12
Jeremiah 40:12
New Living Translation
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they began to return to Judah from the places to which they had fled. They stopped at Mizpah to meet with Gedaliah and then went into the Judean countryside to gather a great harvest of grapes and other crops.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּשֻׁ֣בוּ כָל הַ/יְּהוּדִ֗ים מִ/כָּל הַ/מְּקֹמוֹת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִדְּחוּ שָׁ֔ם וַ/יָּבֹ֧אוּ אֶֽרֶץ יְהוּדָ֛ה אֶל גְּדַלְיָ֖הוּ הַ/מִּצְפָּ֑תָ/ה וַ/יַּאַסְפ֛וּ יַ֥יִן וָ/קַ֖יִץ הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד
English Translation
And all the Jews who were in all the places where they had been scattered returned and came to the land of Judah to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and they gathered a great deal of wine and summer fruits.
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