Verse 6
Judges 12:6
World English Bible
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then they said to him, “Now say ‘Shibboleth;’” and he said “Sibboleth”; for he couldn’t manage to pronounce it right: then they seized him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.
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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