1And the men of Effraym seiden to hym, What is this thing, which thou woldist do, that thou clepidist not vs, whanne thou yedist to batel ayens Madian? And thei chidden strongli, and almest diden violence.

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2 Samuel 19:41, 2 Samuel 19:41, Judges 12:1, Judges 12:6, Judges 12:1

2To whiche he answeride, `What sotheli siche thing myyte Y do, what maner thing ye diden? Whethir a reisyn of Effraym is not betere than the vindagis of Abiezer?

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James 3:13, James 3:18, Judges 6:11, Judges 6:34, James 1:19

3And the Lord bitook in to youre hondis the princes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb. What sich thing myyte Y do, what maner thing ye diden? And whanne he hadde spoke this thing, the spirit of hem restide, bi which thei bolneden ayens hym.

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Proverbs 15:1, Proverbs 15:1, Judges 7:24, Judges 7:25, Judges 7:24

4And whanne Gedeon hadde come to Jordan, he passide it with thre hundrid men, that weren with hym; and for weerynesse thei myyten not pursue hem that fledden.

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Galatians 6:9, Hebrews 12:1, Hebrews 12:4, 2 Corinthians 4:16, Galatians 6:9

5And he seide to the men of Socoth, Y biseche, yyue ye looues to the puple, which is with me; for thei failiden greetli, that we moun pursue Zebee and Salmana, kyngis of Madian.

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Genesis 33:17, Genesis 33:17, Psalms 60:6, Psalms 60:6, 1 Samuel 25:18

6The princes of Socoth answeriden in scorne, In hap the pawmes of the hondis of Zebee and of Salmana ben in thin hond, and therfor thou axist, that we yyue looues to thin oost.

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1 Kings 20:11, 1 Kings 20:11, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 25:13, Proverbs 18:23

7To whiche he seide, Therfor, whanne the Lord schal bitake Zebee and Salmana in to myn hondis, and whanne Y schal turne ayen ouercomere in pees, Y schal to-reende youre fleischis with the thornes and breris of deseert.

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Judges 7:15, Judges 7:15

8And he stiede fro thennus, and cam in to Phanuel; and he spak lijk thingis to men of that place, to whom also thei answeriden, as the men of Socoth hadden answerid.

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Genesis 32:30, Genesis 32:31, 1 Kings 12:25, Genesis 32:30, Genesis 32:31

9And so he seide to hem, Whanne Y schal turne ayen ouercomere in pees, Y schal distrie this tour.

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Judges 8:17, 1 Kings 22:27, 1 Kings 22:28, Judges 8:17, 1 Kings 22:27

10Forsothe Zebee and Salmana restiden with al her oost; for fiftene thousynde men leften of alle the cumpenyes of the `puplis of the eest, whanne an hundrid and twenti thousynde of `fiyteris and of men drawynge out swerd weren slayn.

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Judges 7:12, Judges 7:12, Judges 20:17, Judges 20:35, Judges 20:2

11And Gedeon stiede bi the weye of hem that dwelliden in tabernaclis at the eest coost of Nobe and of Lethoa, and smoot the `tentis of enemyes, that weren sikur, and supposiden not ony thing of aduersite.

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Numbers 32:35, Numbers 32:42, Numbers 32:35, Numbers 32:42, Judges 18:27

12And Zebee and Salmana fledden, whiche Gedeon pursuede and took, whanne al `the oost of hem was disturblid.

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Psalms 83:11, Psalms 83:11, Joshua 10:16, Joshua 10:18, Joshua 10:22

13And he turnede ayen fro batel bifor the `risyng of the sunne,

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14and took a child of the men of Socoth; and he axide hym the names of the princes and eldere men of Socoth; and he descryuede seuene and seuenti men in noumbre.

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Judges 1:24, Judges 1:25, 1 Samuel 30:11, 1 Samuel 30:15, Judges 1:24

15And he cam to Socoth, and seide to hem, Lo Zebee and Salmana! of whiche ye vpbreideden me, and seiden, In hap the hondis of Zebee and of Salmana ben in thin hondis, and therfor thou axist, that we yyue looues to men, that ben weeri and failiden.

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Judges 8:6, Judges 8:7, Judges 8:6, Judges 8:7

16Therfor Gedeon took the eldere men of the citee, and thornes and breris of deseert, and he to-rente with tho, and al to-brak the men of Socoth; also he destriede the tour of Phanuel,

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Judges 8:7, Judges 8:7, Ezra 2:6, Micah 7:4, Proverbs 19:29

17whanne the dwelleris of the citee weren slayn.

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Judges 8:9, Judges 8:9, 1 Kings 12:25, 1 Kings 12:25

18And he seide to Zebee and Salmana, What maner men weren thei, whiche ye killiden in Thabor? Whiche answeriden, Thei weren lijk thee, and oon of hem was as the sone of a kyng.

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Judges 4:6, Judges 4:6, Psalms 89:12, Jude 1:16, Psalms 12:2

19To whiche he seide, Thei weren my britheren, the sones of my modir; the Lord lyueth, if ye hadden saued hem, Y `nolde sle you.

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20And he seide to Jepther, his firste gendrid sone, Rise thou, and sle hem. Which drow not swerd; for he dredde, for he was yit a child.

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1 Samuel 15:33, Joshua 10:24, Psalms 149:9, 1 Samuel 15:33, Joshua 10:24

21And Zebee and Salmana seiden, Ryse thou, and falle on vs; for thou art bi the age and strengthe of man. Gedeon roos, and killide Zebee and Salmana, and took the ournementis, and bellis, with whiche the neckis of kyngis camels ben wont to be maad fair.

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Psalms 83:11, Psalms 83:11, Isaiah 3:18, Judges 8:26, Isaiah 3:18

22And alle the men of Israel seiden to Gedeon, Be thou lord of vs, thou, and thi sone, and the sone of thi sone; for thou deliueridist vs fro the hond of Madian.

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1 Samuel 8:5, John 6:15, Judges 9:8, Judges 9:15, 1 Samuel 12:12

23To whiche he seide, Y schal not be lord of you, nethir my sone schal be lord on you, but the Lord schal be lord.

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Isaiah 33:22, Isaiah 33:22, 1 Samuel 12:12, 1 Samuel 12:12, 1 Samuel 10:19

24And he seide to hem, Y axe oon axyng of you, yyue ye to me the eere ryngis of youre prey; for Ismaelitis weren wont to haue goldun eere ryngis.

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Genesis 25:13, Genesis 25:13, Genesis 37:28, Genesis 37:25, Genesis 37:28

25Whiche answeriden, We schulen yyue moost gladli. And thei spredden forth a mentil on the erthe, and castiden forth therynne `eere ryngis of the prey;

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26and the weiyte of `eere ryngis axid was a thousynde and seuene hundrid siclis of gold, with out ournementis and brochis and cloth of purpur, whiche the kyngis of Madian weren wont to vse, and outakun goldun bies of camels.

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Esther 8:15, John 19:5, Revelation 18:12, Revelation 18:16, John 19:2

27And Gedeon made therof ephot, that is, a preestis cloth, `and propir cloth of the hiyeste preest, and he puttide it in his citee Ephra; and al Israel diden fornycacioun, `that is ydolatrye, ther ynne; and it was maad to Gedeon and to al his hows in to fallyng.

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Judges 17:5, Psalms 106:39, Judges 18:14, Judges 17:5, Psalms 106:39

28Forsothe Madian was maad low bifor the sones of Israel, and thei myyten no more reise nollis; but the lond restide fourti yeer, in whiche Gedeon was souereyn.

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Judges 5:31, Judges 5:31, Judges 3:11, Judges 3:11, Psalms 83:9

29And so Jerobaal, sone of Joas, yede, and dwellide in his hows;

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Judges 7:1, Judges 6:32, Judges 7:1, Judges 6:32, Nehemiah 5:14

30and he hadde seuenti sones, that yeden out of his thiy, for he hadde many wyues.

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Judges 9:5, Judges 9:2, Judges 9:5, Judges 9:2, Deuteronomy 17:17

31Forsothe a concubyn, `that is, secoundarie wijf, of hym, whom he hadde in Sichem, gendride to hym a sone, Abymelech bi name.

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Judges 9:18, Genesis 16:15, Judges 9:1, Judges 9:5, Genesis 20:2

32And Gedeon, sone of Joas, diede in good elde, and was biried in the sepulcre of Joas, his fadir, in Ephra, of the meynee of Ezri.

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Genesis 25:8, Genesis 25:8, Genesis 15:15, Job 5:26, Judges 6:24

33Forsothe aftir that Gedeon was deed, the sones of Israel turneden awey `fro Goddis religioun, and diden fornycacioun, `that is, idolatrie, with Baalym; and thei smytiden boond of pees with Baal, that he schulde be to hem in to God,

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Judges 9:46, Judges 9:4, Judges 2:19, Judges 9:46, Judges 9:4

34nether thei hadden mynde of her Lord God, that delyuerede hem fro the hond of alle her enemyes `bi cumpas;

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Psalms 78:42, Psalms 78:42, Psalms 78:11, Psalms 78:11, Psalms 106:21

35nether thei diden merci with the hous of Gerobaal Gedeon, bi alle the goodis whiche he `hadde do to Israel.

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Judges 9:16, Judges 9:19, Ecclesiastes 9:14, Ecclesiastes 9:15, Judges 9:5