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Podcast: Thy Strong Word from KFUO Radio
Episode: Judges 12: Shibboleth: A Linguistic Trap
Description: The Rev. Doug Griebenaw, pastor and Mission Advocate at KFUO Radio, joins the Rev. Dr. Phil Booe to study Judges 12.After defeating the Ammonites, Jephthah faces a new threat: the angry men of Ephraim who feel left out of the battle. Jephthah defends himself by saying that he did call them, but they did not come. Unpersuaded, they go to battle. The Gileadites set up a blockade and devise a clever test to identify any men from Ephraim who try to cross. They make them speak a particular hard-to-say word: shibboleth. The plan works...