Judges 12:5-6 The Gileadites seized the fords of the Jordan before the Ephraimites arrived. And when any Ephraimite who escaped said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead would say to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No," then they would say to him, "Then say, 'Shibboleth'!" And he would say, "Sibboleth' for he could not pronounce it right. Then they would take him and kill him at the fords of the Jordan. There fell at that time forty-two thousand Ephraimites.
This code word was a little different than "open sesame"
How they pronounced the word exposed the enemy
Shibboleth
Sibboleth
To say this unique word each person tried
What they said mattered whether they lived or died
Just speak the word correctly and you could cross
But the Ephraimites that day experienced great loss
Oh and please don't forget the "H"
They were judged individually case by case
It seems some "H's" have been left out today
With some "H" words we have done away
Shibboleth
Sibboleth
Some leave out the "H" of Hell
They say Sibboleth, can't you tell?
Some leave out the "H" of holiness
So in their walk they never progress
Some leave out the "H" of the Holy Spirit
They pronounce Sibboleth, can you hear it?
Sibboleth is spoken repeatedly in the church
Tune your ear in and you will hear it in your search
Shibboleth
Sibboleth
Thousands said it wrong and could not cross the river
In their omission there was no help to deliver
Both of these words sounded the same
Unless you listened closely to each name
In the Christian world today it is my suspicion
The word is pronounced but there is still omission
