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וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו אִישׁ אֶפְרַיִם, מָה-הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה עָשִׂיתָ לָּנוּ, לְבִלְתִּי קְרֹאות לָנוּ, כִּי הָלַכְתָּ לְהִלָּחֵם בְּמִדְיָן; וַיְרִיבוּן אִתּוֹ, בְּחָזְקָה.
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And the men of Ephraim said unto him: 'Why hast thou served us thus, that thou didst not call us when thou wentest to fight with Midian?' And they did chide with him sharply.
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ב
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם, מֶה-עָשִׂיתִי עַתָּה כָּכֶם: הֲלֹא, טוֹב עֹלְלוֹת אֶפְרַיִם--מִבְצִיר אֲבִיעֶזֶר.
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And he said unto them: 'What have I now done in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer?
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ג
בְּיֶדְכֶם נָתַן אֱלֹהִים אֶת-שָׂרֵי מִדְיָן, אֶת-עֹרֵב וְאֶת-זְאֵב, וּמַה-יָּכֹלְתִּי, עֲשׂוֹת כָּכֶם; אָז, רָפְתָה רוּחָם מֵעָלָיו, בְּדַבְּרוֹ, הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה.
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Eloheem hath delivered into your hand the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?' Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that.
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וַיָּבֹא גִדְעוֹן, הַיַּרְדֵּנָה; עֹבֵר הוּא, וּשְׁלֹשׁ-מֵאוֹת הָאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר אִתּוֹ, עֲיֵפִים, וְרֹדְפִים.
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And Gideon came to the Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing.
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ה
וַיֹּאמֶר, לְאַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת, תְּנוּ-נָא כִּכְּרוֹת לֶחֶם, לָעָם אֲשֶׁר בְּרַגְלָי: כִּי-עֲיֵפִים הֵם--וְאָנֹכִי רֹדֵף אַחֲרֵי זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע, מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן.
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And he said unto the men of Succoth: 'Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they are faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.'
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וַיֹּאמֶר, שָׂרֵי סֻכּוֹת, הֲכַף זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע עַתָּה, בְּיָדֶךָ: כִּי-נִתֵּן לִצְבָאֲךָ, לָחֶם.
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And the princes of Succoth said: 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thine army?'
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ז
וַיֹּאמֶר גִּדְעוֹן--לָכֵן בְּתֵת יְהוָה אֶת-זֶבַח וְאֶת-צַלְמֻנָּע, בְּיָדִי: וְדַשְׁתִּי, אֶת-בְּשַׂרְכֶם, אֶת-קוֹצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר, וְאֶת-הַבַּרְקֳנִים.
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And Gideon said: 'Therefore when YAHOWAH hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers.'
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ח
וַיַּעַל מִשָּׁם פְּנוּאֵל, וַיְדַבֵּר אֲלֵיהֶם כָּזֹאת; וַיַּעֲנוּ אוֹתוֹ אַנְשֵׁי פְנוּאֵל, כַּאֲשֶׁר עָנוּ אַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת.
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And he went up thence to Penuel, and spoke unto them in like manner; and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered.
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ט
וַיֹּאמֶר גַּם-לְאַנְשֵׁי פְנוּאֵל, לֵאמֹר: בְּשׁוּבִי בְשָׁלוֹם, אֶתֹּץ אֶת-הַמִּגְדָּל הַזֶּה. {פ}
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And he spoke also unto the men of Penuel, saying: 'When I come back in peace, I will break down this tower.'
{P}
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י
וְזֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע בַּקַּרְקֹר, וּמַחֲנֵיהֶם עִמָּם כַּחֲמֵשֶׁת עָשָׂר אֶלֶף--כֹּל הַנּוֹתָרִים, מִכֹּל מַחֲנֵה בְנֵי-קֶדֶם; וְהַנֹּפְלִים, מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִים אֶלֶף אִישׁ שֹׁלֵף חָרֶב.
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Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the host of the children of the east; for there fell a hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword.
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יא
וַיַּעַל גִּדְעוֹן, דֶּרֶךְ הַשְּׁכוּנֵי בָאֳהָלִים, מִקֶּדֶם לְנֹבַח, וְיָגְבְּהָה; וַיַּךְ, אֶת-הַמַּחֲנֶה, וְהַמַּחֲנֶה, הָיָה בֶטַח.
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And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure.
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יב
וַיָּנֻסוּ, זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע, וַיִּרְדֹּף, אַחֲרֵיהֶם; וַיִּלְכֹּד אֶת-שְׁנֵי מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן, אֶת-זֶבַח וְאֶת-צַלְמֻנָּע, וְכָל-הַמַּחֲנֶה, הֶחֱרִיד.
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And Zebah and Zalmunna fled; and he pursued after them; and he took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host.
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יג
וַיָּשָׁב גִּדְעוֹן בֶּן-יוֹאָשׁ, מִן-הַמִּלְחָמָה, מִלְמַעֲלֵה, הֶחָרֶס.
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And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.
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יד
וַיִּלְכָּד-נַעַר מֵאַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת, וַיִּשְׁאָלֵהוּ; וַיִּכְתֹּב אֵלָיו אֶת-שָׂרֵי סֻכּוֹת, וְאֶת-זְקֵנֶיהָ--שִׁבְעִים וְשִׁבְעָה, אִישׁ.
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And he caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him; and he wrote down for him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, seventy and seven men.
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טו
וַיָּבֹא, אֶל-אַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת, וַיֹּאמֶר, הִנֵּה זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע: אֲשֶׁר חֵרַפְתֶּם אוֹתִי לֵאמֹר, הֲכַף זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע עַתָּה בְּיָדֶךָ, כִּי נִתֵּן לַאֲנָשֶׁיךָ הַיְּעֵפִים, לָחֶם.
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And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said: 'Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom ye did taunt me, saying: Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy power, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary?'
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טז
וַיִּקַּח אֶת-זִקְנֵי הָעִיר, וְאֶת-קוֹצֵי הַמִּדְבָּר וְאֶת-הַבַּרְקֳנִים; וַיֹּדַע בָּהֶם, אֵת אַנְשֵׁי סֻכּוֹת.
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And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth.
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יז
וְאֶת-מִגְדַּל פְּנוּאֵל, נָתָץ; וַיַּהֲרֹג, אֶת-אַנְשֵׁי הָעִיר.
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And he broke down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city.
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יח
וַיֹּאמֶר, אֶל-זֶבַח וְאֶל-צַלְמֻנָּע, אֵיפֹה הָאֲנָשִׁים, אֲשֶׁר הֲרַגְתֶּם בְּתָבוֹר; וַיֹּאמְרוּ, כָּמוֹךָ כְמוֹהֶם, אֶחָד, כְּתֹאַר בְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ.
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Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna: 'Where are the men whom ye slew at Tabor?' And they answered: 'As thou art, so were they; of one form with the children of a king.'
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יט
וַיֹּאמַר, אַחַי בְּנֵי-אִמִּי הֵם; חַי-יְהוָה, לוּ הַחֲיִתֶם אוֹתָם--לֹא הָרַגְתִּי, אֶתְכֶם.
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And he said: 'They were my brethren, the sons of my mother; as YAHOWAH liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you.'
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כ
וַיֹּאמֶר לְיֶתֶר בְּכוֹרוֹ, קוּם הֲרֹג אוֹתָם; וְלֹא-שָׁלַף הַנַּעַר חַרְבּוֹ כִּי יָרֵא, כִּי עוֹדֶנּוּ נָעַר.
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And he said unto Jether his first-born: 'Up, and slay them.' But the youth drew not his sword; for he feared, because he was yet a youth.
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כא
וַיֹּאמֶר זֶבַח וְצַלְמֻנָּע, קוּם אַתָּה וּפְגַע-בָּנוּ--כִּי כָאִישׁ, גְּבוּרָתוֹ; וַיָּקָם גִּדְעוֹן, וַיַּהֲרֹג אֶת-זֶבַח וְאֶת-צַלְמֻנָּע, וַיִּקַּח אֶת-הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִים, אֲשֶׁר בְּצַוְּארֵי גְמַלֵּיהֶם. {פ}
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Then Zebah and Zalmunna said: 'Rise thou, and fall upon us; for as the man is, so is his strength.' And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescents that were on their camels' necks.
{P}
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כב
וַיֹּאמְרוּ אִישׁ-יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֶל-גִּדְעוֹן, מְשָׁל-בָּנוּ גַּם-אַתָּה, גַּם-בִּנְךָ גַּם בֶּן-בְּנֶךָ: כִּי הוֹשַׁעְתָּנוּ, מִיַּד מִדְיָן.
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Then the men of Yisrael said unto Gideon: 'Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also; for thou hast saved us out of the hand of Midian.'
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כג
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם, גִּדְעוֹן, לֹא-אֶמְשֹׁל אֲנִי בָּכֶם, וְלֹא-יִמְשֹׁל בְּנִי בָּכֶם: יְהוָה, יִמְשֹׁל בָּכֶם.
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And Gideon said unto them: 'I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you; YAHOWAH shall rule over you.'
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כד
וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵהֶם גִּדְעוֹן, אֶשְׁאֲלָה מִכֶּם שְׁאֵלָה, וּתְנוּ-לִי, אִישׁ נֶזֶם שְׁלָלוֹ: כִּי-נִזְמֵי זָהָב לָהֶם, כִּי יִשְׁמְעֵאלִים הֵם.
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And Gideon said unto them: 'I would make a request of you, that ye would give me every man the ear-rings of his spoil.'--For they had golden ear-rings, because they were Ishmaelites.
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כה
וַיֹּאמְרוּ, נָתוֹן נִתֵּן; וַיִּפְרְשׂוּ, אֶת-הַשִּׂמְלָה, וַיַּשְׁלִיכוּ שָׁמָּה, אִישׁ נֶזֶם שְׁלָלוֹ.
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And they answered: 'We will willingly give them.' And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the ear-rings of his spoil.
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כו
וַיְהִי, מִשְׁקַל נִזְמֵי הַזָּהָב אֲשֶׁר שָׁאָל, אֶלֶף וּשְׁבַע-מֵאוֹת, זָהָב--לְבַד מִן-הַשַּׂהֲרֹנִים וְהַנְּטִיפוֹת וּבִגְדֵי הָאַרְגָּמָן, שֶׁעַל מַלְכֵי מִדְיָן, וּלְבַד מִן-הָעֲנָקוֹת, אֲשֶׁר בְּצַוְּארֵי גְמַלֵּיהֶם.
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And the weight of the golden ear-rings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.
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כז
וַיַּעַשׂ אוֹתוֹ גִדְעוֹן לְאֵפוֹד, וַיַּצֵּג אוֹתוֹ בְעִירוֹ בְּעָפְרָה, וַיִּזְנוּ כָל-יִשְׂרָאֵל אַחֲרָיו, שָׁם; וַיְהִי לְגִדְעוֹן וּלְבֵיתוֹ, לְמוֹקֵשׁ.
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And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah; and all Yisrael went astray after it there; and it became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house.
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כח
וַיִּכָּנַע מִדְיָן, לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וְלֹא יָסְפוּ, לָשֵׂאת רֹאשָׁם; וַתִּשְׁקֹט הָאָרֶץ אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה, בִּימֵי גִדְעוֹן. {פ}
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So Midian was subdued before the children of Yisrael, and they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had rest forty years in the days of Gideon.
{P}
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כט
וַיֵּלֶךְ יְרֻבַּעַל בֶּן-יוֹאָשׁ, וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּבֵיתוֹ.
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And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house.
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ל
וּלְגִדְעוֹן, הָיוּ שִׁבְעִים בָּנִים, יֹצְאֵי, יְרֵכוֹ: כִּי-נָשִׁים רַבּוֹת, הָיוּ לוֹ.
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And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten; for he had many wives.
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לא
וּפִילַגְשׁוֹ אֲשֶׁר בִּשְׁכֶם, יָלְדָה-לּוֹ גַם-הִיא בֵּן; וַיָּשֶׂם אֶת-שְׁמוֹ, אֲבִימֶלֶךְ.
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And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, and he called his name Abimelech.
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לב
וַיָּמָת גִּדְעוֹן בֶּן-יוֹאָשׁ, בְּשֵׂיבָה טוֹבָה; וַיִּקָּבֵר, בְּקֶבֶר יוֹאָשׁ אָבִיו, בְּעָפְרָה, אֲבִי הָעֶזְרִי. {פ}
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And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
{P}
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לג
וַיְהִי, כַּאֲשֶׁר מֵת גִּדְעוֹן, וַיָּשׁוּבוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, וַיִּזְנוּ אַחֲרֵי הַבְּעָלִים; וַיָּשִׂימוּ לָהֶם בַּעַל בְּרִית, לֵאלֹהִים.
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And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Yisrael again went astray after the falsegod, and made a falsegod their god.
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לד
וְלֹא זָכְרוּ בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל, אֶת-יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם, הַמַּצִּיל אוֹתָם מִיַּד כָּל-אֹיְבֵיהֶם, מִסָּבִיב.
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And the children of Yisrael remembered not YAHOWAH their Eloheem, who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side;
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לה
וְלֹא-עָשׂוּ חֶסֶד, עִם-בֵּית יְרֻבַּעַל גִּדְעוֹן: כְּכָל-הַטּוֹבָה--אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה, עִם-יִשְׂרָאֵל. {פ}
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neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had shown unto Yisrael.
{P}
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