Judges 12:6 · WEB
“then they said to him, "Now say 'Shibboleth;'" and he said "Sibboleth;" for he couldn't manage to pronounce it right: then they laid hold of him, and killed him at the fords of the Jordan. At that time, forty-two thousand of Ephraim fell.”
— Judges 12:6
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Judges (~1200 BC)
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