Then Gideon sent messengers throughout all the mountains of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites, and seize from them the watering places as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan.” Then all the men of Ephraim gathered together and seized the watering places as far as Beth Barah and the Jordan.
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The waters - The streams which run from the mountain district of Ephraim into the Jordan in the district of Beth-shan, forming great pools a…

Throughout all mount Ephraim. —He had not ventured to summon these haughty clansmen before his victory was assured.
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And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters –
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And Gideon sent messengers throughout all Mount Ephraim
To raise the inhabitants of it, who lay nearer Jordan, to wh…

Two chief commanders of the host of Midian were taken and slain by the men of Ephraim. It is to be wished that we all did as they did, and that whe…
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