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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jdg 12:6 — Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce [it] right. 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.
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Say now
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Mat 26:73; Mar 14:70 |
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Shibboleth
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which signifieth a stream, or flood. Psa 69:2,15; Isa 27:12; Heb. Shibboleth also means an ear of corn , (Job 24:24,) and sibboleth signifies a burden . (Exd 6:6;) and a heavy burden they were obliged to bear who could not pronounce this test letter. It is well known that several nations cannot pronounce certain letters. The sound of th cannot be pronounced by the Persians, no more than by some of our Continental neighbours; though it is a common sound among the Arabians. To this day, many of the German Jews cannot articulate [Th?v,] th, for which they substitute ss; thus for baith , a house, they say baiss . |
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there fell
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Pro 17:14; Pro 18:19; Ecc 10:12; Mat 12:25; Gal 5:15 |
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forty
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"Arbäim ooshenayim aleph, ""forty and two thousand."" Here the [w] and, may mean simple addition; and this number may denote 2,040 and not 42,000. At the last census of the Israelites (Num 26:37) the whole tribe of Ephraim only amounted to 32,500, compared with which this last number appears far too great." |
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Mat 26:73 |
And after a while came unto [him] they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art [one] of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. |
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Mar 14:70 |
And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art [one] of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth [thereto]. |
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Psa 69:2 |
I sink in deep mire, where [there is] no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. |
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Psa 69:15 |
Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. |
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Isa 27:12 |
And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. |
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Job 24:24 |
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. |
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Exd 6:6 |
Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I [am] the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: |
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Pro 17:14 |
The beginning of strife [is as] when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. |
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Pro 18:19 |
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle. |
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Ecc 10:12 |
The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. |
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Mat 12:25 |
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: |
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Gal 5:15 |
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. |
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Num 26:37 |
These [are] the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These [are] the sons of Joseph after their families. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Judges 12:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Jdg/12/6.html>.
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