²⁶ While they were waiting, Ehud was able to escape. Passing beyond the idols, he hurried to Seirah. ²⁷ When he arrived, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country of Ephraim, and he stood in front of them. ²⁸ He said, “Follow me, for the Lord has delivered your enemies, the Moabites, into your hands.” They followed him, and they captured the fords of the Jordan opposite Moab, and they did not let anyone cross over.