then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth; and he said Sibboleth; for he could not frame to pronounce it right: then they laid hold on him, and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time of Ephraim forty and two thousand.
þei axiden hym, Seie thou þerfor Sebolech, whiche is interpretid, an eer of corn. Which answeride, Þebolech, and myyte not brynge forth an eer of corn bi þe same lettre. And anoon þei strangeliden hym takun in thilke passyng of Jordan; and two and fourti thousynde of Effraym felden doun in þat tyme.