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|Jueces 8:1|
Now the Ephraimites asked Gideon, “Why have you treated us like this? Why didn’t you call us when you went to fight Midian?” And they criticised him sharply.
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2
|Jueces 8:2|
But he answered them, “What have I accomplished compared to you? Aren’t the gleanings of Ephraim’s grapes better than the full grape harvest of Abiezer?
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3
|Jueces 8:3|
God gave Oreb and Zeeb, the Midianite leaders, into your hands. What was I able to do compared to you?” At this, their resentment against him subsided.
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4
|Jueces 8:4|
Gideon and his three hundred men, exhausted yet keeping up the pursuit, came to the Jordan and crossed it.
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5
|Jueces 8:5|
He said to the men of Succoth, “Give my troops some bread; they are worn out, and I am still pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
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6
|Jueces 8:6|
But the officials of Succoth said, “Do you already have the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna in your possession? Why should we give bread to your troops?”
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7
|Jueces 8:7|
Then Gideon replied, “Just for that, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will tear your flesh with desert thorns and briers.”
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8
|Jueces 8:8|
From there he went up to Peniel and made the same request of them, but they answered as the men of Succoth had.
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9
|Jueces 8:9|
So he said to the men of Peniel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower.”
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10
|Jueces 8:10|
Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with a force of about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of the armies of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had fallen.
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