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26 Ehud escaped while they delayed, and he passed beyond the idols and escaped to Seirah.
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While they waited, Ehud got away. He passed by the stone images and escaped to Seirah.
27 When he arrived, he sounded the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim. Then the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was their leader.
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When he arrived there, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down with him from the hills, with him leading them.
28 And he said to them, "Follow after me, for the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand." So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.
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“Follow me,” he ordered, “for the LORD has given Moab, your enemy, into your hands.” So they followed him down and took possession of the fords of the Jordan that led to Moab; they allowed no one to cross over.
29 And they killed at that time about 10,000 of the Moabites, all strong, able-bodied men; not a man escaped.
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At that time they struck down about ten thousand Moabites, all vigorous and strong; not one escaped.
30 So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest for eighty years.
30
That day Moab was made subject to Israel, and the land had peace for eighty years.
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