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  • The Ephraimites were the posterity of Joseph, and yet his power could not protect them, though some think he was yet living.

    Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume II (Joshua to Esther) 1721

  • The Gileadites commanded the Jordan River, which the Ephraimites sought to ford in order to escape.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand Judges 12:6.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • The Gileadites commanded the Jordan River, which the Ephraimites sought to ford in order to escape.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

    Matthew Yglesias » Zionist Organization of America Slams Obama Muslims Mention 2009

  • Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand Judges 12:6.

    Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

  • The Ephraimites couldn't pronounce the "sh" sound, so the Gileadites would get them to say "shibboleth."

    Jeff Dorchen: Shibbolethism 2008

  • The Gileadites had won a big fight with the Ephraimites, and the Ephraimites were trying to sneak over the border into Gilead to avoid collective punishment.

    Jeff Dorchen: Shibbolethism 2008

  • Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

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