Gileadittene tok passene over Jordan før efraimittene kunne krysse. Når efraimittene som hadde unnsluppet sa: La meg krysse over, sa mennene fra Gilead til ham: Er du en efraimitt? Hvis han svarte nei,
And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;