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Conflict with Ephraim

12 The men of Ephraim were called together and crossed the Jordan to Zaphon.(A) They said to Jephthah, ‘Why have you crossed over to fight against the Ammonites but didn’t call us to go with you? We will burn your house with you in it! ’

Then Jephthah said to them, ‘My people and I had a bitter conflict with the Ammonites. So I called for you, but you didn’t deliver me from their power.

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