7:24a Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim to say,

Gideon sent men all over the hill country where the Ephraim clan lived.
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Gideon sent messengers throughout the hills where the descendants of Ephraim lived.

7:24b “Come down against the Midianites

They said, “Come down and help us fight the Midian soldiers.
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They told them to come down to cut off the retreat of the Midian soldiers.

7:24c and seize the waters of the Jordan ahead of them as far as Beth-barah.”

Take the places ⌊where they can cross⌋ the Jordan River as far as Beth Barah town.”
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They were to guard the Jordan River as far as Beth Barah town ⌊and not let the Midian soldiers cross it⌋ .

7:24d So all the men of Ephraim were called out,

So all the men of Ephraim gathered together
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So all the men of the clan of Ephraim came out.

7:24e and they captured the waters of the Jordan as far as Beth-barah.

and took the places ⌊where one can cross⌋ the Jordan River as far as Beth Barah town.
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They guarded the Jordan River as far as Beth Barah town ⌊and did not let the Midian soldiers cross it⌋ .

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