then they would sayto him, "Saynow,'Shibboleth.'"But he said,"Sibboleth,"for he couldnot pronounceit correctly.Then they seizedhim and slewhim at the fordsof the Jordan.Thus there fellat that time42000of Ephraim.
May the floodof waternot overflowme Northe deepswallowme up, Northe pitshutits mouthon me.
I have sunkin deepmire,and thereis nofoothold;I have comeinto deepwaters,and a floodoverflowsme.
The beginningof strifeis [like] lettingout water,So abandonthe quarrelbeforeit breaksout.
A brotheroffended[is harder to be won] thana strongcity,And contentionsare like the barsof a citadel.
Wordsfrom the mouthof a wisemanare gracious,while the lipsof a foolconsumehim;
In that daythe LORDwill start [His] threshingfrom the flowingstreamof the Euphratesto the brookof Egypt,and you will be gatheredup oneby one,O sonsof Israel.
And knowingtheir thoughtsJesus saidto them, "Anykingdomdividedagainstitselfis laid waste;and anycityorhousedividedagainstitselfwill not stand.
A littlelaterthe bystanderscameup and saidto Peter,"Surelyyou tooare [one] of them; for eventhe way you talkgivesyou away."
But againhe deniedit. And aftera little whilethe bystanderswere againsayingto Peter,"Surelyyou are [one] of them, for you are a Galileantoo."
But ifyou biteand devouroneanother,take carethat you are not consumedby one another.
The Gileaditescapturedthe fordsof the Jordanopposite Ephraim.And it happenedwhen[any of] the fugitivesof Ephraimsaid,"Let me crossover,"the menof Gileadwould sayto him, "Are you an Ephraimite?"If he said,"No,"
JephthahjudgedIsraelsixyears.Then Jephthahthe Gileaditediedand was buriedin [one of] the citiesof Gilead.
