Verse 1
Judges 12:1
World Messianic Bible
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The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you pass over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house around you with fire!”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּצָּעֵק֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶפְרַ֔יִם וַֽ/יַּעֲבֹ֖ר צָפ֑וֹנָ/ה וַ/יֹּאמְר֨וּ לְ/יִפְתָּ֜ח מַדּ֣וּעַ עָבַ֣רְתָּ לְ/הִלָּחֵ֣ם בִּ/בְנֵי עַמּ֗וֹן וְ/לָ֨/נוּ֙ לֹ֤א קָרָ֨אתָ֙ לָ/לֶ֣כֶת עִמָּ֔/ךְ בֵּיתְ/ךָ֕ נִשְׂרֹ֥ף עָלֶ֖י/ךָ בָּ/אֵֽשׁ
English Translation
And a man of Ephraim shouted and passed by the north and said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight against the Ammonites, and we were not called to go with you? Our house will burn over you with fire.”
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Chapter 12 Context
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The men of Ephraim were gathered together, and passed northward; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did...
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Jephthah said to them, “I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I...
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When I saw that you didn’t save me, I put my life in my hand, and passed over against the children o...
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Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead st...
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The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. When the fugitives of Ephraim s...
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then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pr...
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Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died, and was buried in the cities of...
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8
After him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
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9
He had thirty sons; and thirty daughters he sent outside his clan, and thirty daughters he brought i...
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Ibzan died, and was buried at Bethlehem.
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11
After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
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12
Elon the Zebulunite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
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13
After him Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel.
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He had forty sons and thirty sons’ sons, who rode on seventy donkey colts. He judged Israel eight ye...
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Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in...
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