^24 (A)Gideon sent messengers throughout ^(B)all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down against the Midianites and capture the waters against them, as far as ^(C)Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.” So all the men of Ephraim were called out, and they captured the waters as far as Beth-barah, and also the Jordan.

²⁷ Only ^(A)let your manner of life be ^(B)worthy^[a] of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of you ^(C)that you are standing firm in one spirit, with ^(D)one mind ^(E)striving side by side for the faith of the gospel,

³⁰ I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by ^(A)the love of the Spirit, ^(B)to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf,

²⁸ These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

⁵ And the Gileadites captured ^(A)the fords of the Jordan against the Ephraimites. And when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, “Let me go over,” the men of Gilead said to him, “Are you an Ephraimite?” When he said, “No,”

²⁷ When he arrived, ^(A)he sounded the trumpet in ^(B)the hill country of Ephraim. Then the people of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was their leader. ²⁸ And he said to them, “Follow after me, ^(C)for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him and seized ^(D)the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.