Judg 12:6 | EngLXX | STEP | Then they said to him, Say now Stachys; and he did not rightly pronounce it so: and they took him, and killed him at the fords of Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.

‏ Judges 12:6

6 Then they said to him, Say now ^{▼▼12:6 Heb. שבלה, “Shibboleth,” ear of corn. If translated at all, the English may as well be put as the Greek. Alex. σύνθημα, q.d. watchword.} Stachys; and he did not rightly pronounce it so: and they took him, and killed him at the fords of Jordan; and there fell at that time of Ephraim two and forty thousand.