ف َيَقُولُونَ لَهُ: «قُلْ: شِبُّولَتْ.» فَيَقُولُ: «سِبُّولَتْ» فَيَلْفِظُ الكَلِمَةَ بِشَكلٍ خاطِئٍ، فَيَمسِكُونَهُ وَيَقْتُلُونَهُ عِنْدَ مَعابِرِ نَهْرِ الأُردُنِّ. فَقُتِلَ فِي ذَلِكَ اليَومِ، اثْنانِ وَأربَعُونَ ألْفاً مِنْ بَنِي أفْرايِمَ.
then they would say unto him, Now say Shibboleth. And he would say Sibboleth; for he could not pronounce it the same. Then they would take him and slay him at the passages of the Jordan. And at that time forty-two thousand of those of Ephraim fell.
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