Thematic Bible: Fordable in some places

The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. It was so, that when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, "Let me go over," the men of Gilead said to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No"; 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. There fell at that time of Ephraim forty-two thousand.

The men pursued them the way to the Jordan to the fords: and as soon as those who pursued them had gone out, they shut the gate. Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsPursuing PeopleShutting GatesFords