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16 Why did you sit among the sheep, to hear the horns blow for the flocks? There was much thought among the families of Reuben. 17 Gilead stayed on the other side of the Jordan. Why did Dan stay in ships? Asher sat beside the sea. He stayed by its rivers. 18 Zebulun is a people who put their lives in danger even to death. Naphtali did this also, on the high places of the field.

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16 Why did you stay among the sheep pens[a](A)
    to hear the whistling for the flocks?(B)
In the districts of Reuben
    there was much searching of heart.
17 Gilead(C) stayed beyond the Jordan.
    And Dan, why did he linger by the ships?
Asher(D) remained on the coast(E)
    and stayed in his coves.
18 The people of Zebulun(F) risked their very lives;
    so did Naphtali(G) on the terraced fields.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:16 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags