Thematic Bible: Often at war with ephraim


Thematic Bible



The men of Ephraim were called together and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, “Why have you crossed over to fight against the Ammonites but didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house down with you in it!” Verse ConceptsArsonActing AloneBurning People

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. At that time 42,000 from Ephraim died. Verse ConceptsForty Thousand And UpFordsKilling Within Israelbridges

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