And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay;
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth, Tate Modern.
Thursday's photo was picked by Londonist for their Extra, Extra column on January 4. I'm chuffed.
Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand.
Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth, Tate Modern.
Thursday's photo was picked by Londonist for their Extra, Extra column on January 4. I'm chuffed.
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