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14 From Ephraim is their root into Amalek,
    after you, Benjamin, with your family;
from Makir the commanders went down,
    and from Zebulun those carrying the scepter
        of the military commander.
15 And the chiefs[a] in Issachar were with Deborah;
    and Issachar likewise was with Barak;
    into the valley he was sent to get him from behind.[b]
Among the clans of Reuben
    were great decisions of the heart.[c]
16 Why do you sit among the sheepfolds,
    to hear the calling sounds of the herds?
For the clans of Reuben,
    there were great searchings of the heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:15 Hebrew “my chiefs”; ancient translations read “the chiefs”
  2. Judges 5:15 Literally “he was sent at his feet”
  3. Judges 5:15 Or “thoughts of the heart”