²⁸ And he said to them, “Follow after me, ^(A)for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him and seized ^(B)the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.

^24 (A)Gideon sent messengers throughout ^(B)all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and capture the waters against them, as far as ^(C)Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.