Shìshījì 12:5

5 Jīliè rén bǎshǒu Yuēdànhé de dùkǒu , bùróng Yǐfǎlián rén guō qù . Yǐfǎlián taó zǒu de rén ruò shuō , róng wǒ guō qù . Jīliè rén jiù wèn tā shuō , nǐ shì Yǐfǎlián rén bú shì . tā ruò shuō , bú shì ,

Shìshījì 12:5 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 12:5

And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the
Ephraimites
Being either swifter of foot, or going a nearer and shorter way, being better acquainted with their own country:

and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, let
me go over;
the fugitives of Ephraim, as before called, who ran away from the battle, made their escape, and the best of their way to the passages of Jordan, to get over there to their own country:

that the men of Gilead said unto him;
to everyone of them, as they came up,

art thou an Ephraimite?
or an Ephrathite; for so it seems those of the tribe of Ephraim were called, as Jeroboam, ( 1 Kings 11:26 )

if he said, nay; that he was not an Ephraimite;

Shìshījì 12:5 In-Context

3 Wǒ jiàn nǐmen bù lái jiù wǒ , wǒ jiù pīn méng qián qù gōngjī Yàmén rén , Yēhéhuá jiāng tāmen jiāo zaì wǒ shǒu zhōng . nǐmen jīnrì wèishénme shàng wǒ zhèlǐ lái gōngdǎ wǒ ne .

4 Yúshì Yēfútā zhāo jù Jīliè rén , yǔ Yǐfǎlián rén zhēng zhàn . Jīliè rén jī shā Yǐfǎlián rén , shì yīn tāmen shuō , nǐmen Jīliè rén zaì Yǐfǎlián , Mǎnáxī zhōngjiān , bú guō shì Yǐfǎlián taó wáng de rén .

5 Jīliè rén bǎshǒu Yuēdànhé de dùkǒu , bùróng Yǐfǎlián rén guō qù . Yǐfǎlián taó zǒu de rén ruò shuō , róng wǒ guō qù . Jīliè rén jiù wèn tā shuō , nǐ shì Yǐfǎlián rén bú shì . tā ruò shuō , bú shì ,

6 Jiù duì tā shuō , nǐ shuō shì bō liè . . Yǐfǎlián rén yīnwei yǎo bù zhēn zì yīn , biàn shuō xī bō liè . Jīliè rén jiù jiāng tā ná zhù , shā zaì Yuēdànhé de dùkǒu . nàshí Yǐfǎlián rén beì shā de yǒu sì wàn èr qiā rén .

7 Yēfútā zuò Yǐsèliè de shì shī liù nián . Jīliè rén Yēfútā sǐ le , zàng zaì Jīliè de yī zuò chéng lǐ .