Verse 6
Judges 12:6
Free Bible Version
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they would tell him, “Say Shibboleth.” If he was from Ephraim he would say “Sibboleth” because he couldn't pronounce it right, and they'd grab him and kill him there at the Jordan fords. A total of 42,000 were killed at that time.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ ל/וֹ֩ אֱמָר נָ֨א שִׁבֹּ֜לֶת וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר סִבֹּ֗לֶת וְ/לֹ֤א יָכִין֙ לְ/דַבֵּ֣ר כֵּ֔ן וַ/יֹּאחֲז֣וּ אוֹת֔/וֹ וַ/יִּשְׁחָט֖וּ/הוּ אֶל מַעְבְּר֣וֹת הַ/יַּרְדֵּ֑ן וַ/יִּפֹּ֞ל בָּ/עֵ֤ת הַ/הִיא֙ מֵֽ/אֶפְרַ֔יִם אַרְבָּעִ֥ים וּ/שְׁנַ֖יִם אָֽלֶף
English Translation
And they said to him, "Say please, a sheaf," and he said, "A sheaf," and he was not able to speak like this. And they seized him and they slaughtered him at the crossings of the Jordan, and at that time, from Ephraim, forty-two thousand fell.
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Chapter 12 Context
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