- And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire.
- And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands.
- And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me?
- Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites.
- And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
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- 以法莲人聚集,到了北方,对耶弗他说,你去与亚扪人争战,为什么没有招我们同去呢。我们必用火烧你和你的房屋。
- 耶弗他对他们说,我和我的民与亚扪人大大争战。我招你们来,你们竟没有来救我脱离他们的手。
- 我见你们不来救我,我就拚命前去攻击亚扪人,耶和华将他们交在我手中。你们今日为什么上我这里来攻打我呢。
- 于是耶弗他招聚基列人,与以法莲人争战。基列人击杀以法莲人,是因他们说,你们基列人在以法莲,玛拿西中间,不过是以法莲逃亡的人。
- 基列人把守约旦河的渡口,不容以法莲人过去。以法莲逃走的人若说,容我过去。基列人就问他说,你是以法莲人不是。他若说,不是,
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