Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against Midian and capture the fords ahead of them as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan!” So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together and captured the fords as far as Beth-barah, even the Jordan.
“fords.” The Hebrew is literally “waters,” but in this case, it refers to the fording areas used for crossing the Jordan.
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