Verse 5
Judges 12:5
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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And the Galaadites secured the fords of the Jordan, by which Ephraim was to return. And when any one of the number of Ephraim came thither in the flight, and said: I beseech you let me pass: the Galaadites said to him: Art thou not an Ephraimite? If he said: I am not:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּלְכֹּ֥ד גִּלְעָ֛ד אֶֽת מַעְבְּר֥וֹת הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֖ן לְ/אֶפְרָ֑יִם וְֽ֠/הָיָה כִּ֣י יֹאמְר֞וּ פְּלִיטֵ֤י אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ אֶעֱבֹ֔רָה וַ/יֹּ֨אמְרוּ ל֧/וֹ אַנְשֵֽׁי גִלְעָ֛ד הַֽ/אֶפְרָתִ֥י אַ֖תָּה וַ/יֹּ֥אמֶֽר לֹֽא
English Translation
And Gilead captured the crossings of the Jordan for Ephraim, and it was that when the fugitives of Ephraim would say, "Let us cross over," the men of Gilead would say to them, "Are you not an Ephraimite?" And he would say, "No."
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Chapter 12 Context
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And when I saw this, I put my life in my own hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, a...
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Then calling to him all the men of Galaad, he fought against Ephraim: and the men of Galaad defeated...
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And the Galaadites secured the fords of the Jordan, by which Ephraim was to return. And when any one...
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And Jephte the Galaadite judged Israel six years: and he died, and was buried in his city of Galaad.
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After him Abesan of Bethlehem judged Israel:
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He had thirty sons, and as many daughters, whom he sent abroad, and gave to husbands, and took wives...
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And he died, and was buried in Bethlehem.
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To him succeeded Ahialon a Zahnlonite: and he judged Israel ten years:
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And he died, and was buried in ZahnIon.
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After him Abdon, the son of Illel, a Pharathonite, judged Israel:
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And he had forty sons, and of them thirty grandsons, mounted upon seventy ass colts, and he judged I...
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And he died, and was buried in Pharathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of Amalech.
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