47
But the people there would not let them pass and blocked the town gates with stones.
48
Then Judas sent a friendly message to them: "Let us pass through your territory to return home. No one will harm you; we will just pass through." But they still refused to open the gates.
49
So Judas told everyone in the group, except the fighting men, to camp where they were.
50
The fighting men were ordered to take up their positions and attack the town. They fought all day and all night, until they had taken it.
51
Judas had all the men of Ephron put to death, plundered the town, and leveled it. Then he and his army marched through the town over the dead bodies.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.