²⁶ Ehud escaped while they delayed, and he passed beyond ^(A)the idols and escaped to Seirah. ²⁷ When he arrived, ^(B)he sounded the trumpet in ^(C)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, ^(D)for the Lord has given your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” So they went down after him and seized ^(E)the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and did not allow anyone to pass over.