1 GLT Now the men of Ephraim were summoned and they passed northward and they said to Jephthah,“Why did you pass through in order to fight against the sons of Ammon but you did not call us to go with you? We will burn your house down over you with fire.” BSB BSB: Then the men of Ephraim assembled and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight the Ammonites without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you inside!”
2 GLT Jephthah said to them,“A man in exceedingly great dispute I have been, I and my people and the sons of Ammon. When I summoned you, you did not rescue me from their hand. BSB BSB: But Jephthah replied, “My people and I had a serious conflict with the Ammonites, and when I called, you did not save me out of their hands.
3 GLT When I saw that you were not coming to assist, I put my life in my own hand. I passed through to the sons of Ammon, and Yahweh gave them over into my hand. Now why have you come up to me to fight against me this day?” BSB BSB: When I saw that you would not save me, I risked my life and crossed over to the Ammonites, and the LORD delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come today to fight against me?”
4 GLT Then Jephthah assembled all of the men of Gilead and he fought Ephraim. The men of Gilead struck Ephraim because they had said,“Fugitives of Ephraim are you, O people of Gilead, in the midst of Ephraim, in the midst of Manasseh.” BSB BSB: Jephthah then gathered all the men of Gilead and fought against Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck them down because the Ephraimites had said, “You Gileadites are fugitives in Ephraim, living in the territories of Ephraim and Manasseh.”
5 GLT Gilead captured the crossing places of the Jordan along Ephraim. It happened when any of the survivors of Ephraim would say,“May I cross over,” that the men of Gilead would say to him,“Are you an Ephraimite?” If he said,“No,” BSB BSB: The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
6 GLT then they would say to him,“Please say: Shibboleth.” But if he said“Sibboleth,” for he was not prepared to pronounce it correctly, they would seize him and they would slaughter him at the crossing places of the Jordan. Forty- two thousand from Ephraim fell at that time. BSB BSB: they told him, “Please say Shibboleth.” If he said, “Sibboleth,” because he could not pronounce it correctly, they seized him and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. So at that time 42,000 Ephraimites were killed.
7 GLT Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and he was buried among the cities of Gilead. BSB BSB: Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
8 GLT Then after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. BSB BSB: After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
9 GLT Now he had thirty sons. He sent away thirty daughters to the outside, and he brought in thirty daughters for his sons from the outside. He judged Israel seven years. BSB BSB: He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
10 GLT Then Ibzan died and he was buried in Bethlehem. BSB BSB: Then Ibzan died, and he was buried in Bethlehem.
11 GLT After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel. He judged Israel ten years. BSB BSB: After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
12 GLT Then Elon the Zebulunite died and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. BSB BSB: Then Elon the Zebulunite died, and he was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun.
13 GLT After him, Abdon, the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. BSB BSB: After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
14 GLT Now he had forty sons and thirty sons of sons, who rode on seventy young male donkeys. He judged Israel eight years. BSB BSB: He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
15 GLT Then Abdon, the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and he was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekite. BSB BSB: Then Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, died, and he was buried at Pirathon in Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites.
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