Judges 3:28
26 Ehud, however, had escaped while the servants waited. He passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah.
27 On arriving in Seirah, he blew the ram’s horn throughout the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites came down with him from the hills, and he became their leader.
“Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
29 At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men. Not one of them escaped.
30 So Moab was subdued under the hand of Israel that day, and the land had rest for eighty years.
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- BSB
- “Follow me,” he told them, “for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they followed him down and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross over.
- KJV
- And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over.
- WEB
- He said to them, “Follow me; for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” They followed him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn’t allow any man to pass over.
- ASV
- And he said unto them, Follow after me; for Jehovah hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and suffered not a man to pass over.
- DARBY
- And he said to them, Follow after me, for Jehovah has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of the Jordan toward Moab, and suffered no one to pass over.
- BLB
- And he said to them, “Follow after me, for YHWH has delivered your⁺ enemies the Moabites into your⁺ hands.” And they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan leading to Moab, and did not allow anyone to pass over.
- ÅB
- Og han sa til dem: Skynd dere etter meg! For Herren har gitt deres fiender, moabittene, i deres hånd. Så dro de ned etter ham, og de satte folk ved vadestedene over Jordan til Moab og lot ingen komme over.
- OTB
- Han sa til dem: "Følg meg, for Herren har gitt deres fiender, moabittene, i deres hender." De fulgte ham og tok kontroll over vadestedene ved Jordan som førte til Moab, og lot ingen krysse over.
- B1930
- Og han sa til dem: Skynd eder efter mig! For Herren har gitt eders fiender, moabittene, i eders hånd. Så drog de ned efter ham, og de satte folk ved vadestedene over Jordan til Moab og lot ingen komme over.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Judges 12:5
The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan leading to Ephraim, and whenever a fugitive from Ephraim would say, “Let me cross over,” the Gileadites would ask him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” If he answered, “No,”
Read in contextJudges 7:15
When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
Read in contextJudges 7:9
That night the LORD said to Gideon, “Get up and go down against the camp, for I have delivered it into your hand.
Read in contextJoshua 2:7
So the king’s men set out in pursuit of the spies along the road to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as they had gone out, the gate was shut.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:47
And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
Read in contextJudges 7:24
Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say, “Come down against the Midianites and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.
Read in contextJudges 7:17
“Watch me and do as I do,” Gideon said. “When I come to the outskirts of the camp, do exactly as I do.
Read in contextJudges 4:10
where he summoned Zebulun and Naphtali. Ten thousand men followed him, and Deborah also went with him.
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