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The Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. It was so, that when [any of] the fugitives of Ephraim said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? If he said, No;
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The Irony of Prideful Taunts
Commentators highlight a bitter irony in this passage. The Ephraimites had just taunted the Gileadites as 'fugitives of Ephraim' (v. 4), and now they themselves have become the actual fugitives. Matthew Henry notes that pride and reproachful names are often the cause of quarrels with terrible consequences, a powerful warning against arrogance and insults among God's people.
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19th Century
Anglican
Took the passages of Jordan. —Only through these fords could the Ephraimites escape to their own tribe. ([Reference Judge…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites Being either swifter of f…
Presbyterian
The Ephraimites had the same quarrel with Jephthah as with Gideon. Pride was at the bottom of the quarrel; only by that comes contention. It is wro…
