Judges 7:24

Gideon Appeases the Ephraimites

7:24 Now Gideon sent messengers throughout the Ephraimite hill country who announced, “Go down and head off the Midianites. ¹  Take control of the fords of the streams ²  all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.” ³  When all the Ephraimites had assembled, ⁴  they took control of the fords ⁵  all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River.

Judges 17:1

Micah Makes His Own Religion

17:1 There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country.

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ⁶  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ⁷  from Bethlehem ⁸  in Judah.

Joshua 17:15

17:15 Joshua replied to them, “Since you have so many people, ⁹  go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you.”

Joshua 17:18

17:18 The whole hill country ¹⁰  will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. ¹¹  You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong.”

¹ tn Heb “to meet Midian.”

² tn Heb “capture before them the waters.”

³ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification (also later in this verse).

⁴ tn Heb “And all the men of Ephraim were summoned.”

⁵ tn Heb “they captured the waters.”

⁶ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

⁷ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

⁸ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.

⁹ tn Heb “If you are a great people.”

¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text has simply “the hill country,” which must here include the hill country of Ephraim and the forest regions mentioned in v. 15.

¹¹ tn Heb “and its limits will be yours.”