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Judges 7:24

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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

Context
Micah Makes His Own Religion

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

Judges 19:1

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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

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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

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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.”

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[7:24]  1 tn Heb “to meet Midian.”

[7:24]  2 tn Heb “capture before them the waters.”

[7:24]  3 tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarification (also later in this verse).

[7:24]  4 tn Heb “And all the men of Ephraim were summoned.”

[7:24]  5 tn Heb “they captured the waters.”

[19:1]  6 tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

[19:1]  7 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

[19:1]  8 map For location see Map5 B1; Map7 E2; Map8 E2; Map10 B4.

[17:15]  9 tn Heb “If you are a great people.”

[17:18]  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.

[17:18]  11 tn Heb “and its limits will be yours.”



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