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The Book of Judges

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(Exodus 15:1–21)
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On that day, Deborah and Barak (the son of Abinoam) sang this song:
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“When the leaders of the Israelite people really lead them, and the people willingly follow them, it is time to praise Yahweh!
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Listen, you kings! Pay attention, you leaders! I will sing to Yahweh. With this song I will praise Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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O Yahweh, when you came from Seir, when you marched from that land, also known as Edom, the earth shook, and rain poured down from the skies.
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The mountains shook when you came, just like Mount Sinai shook when you appeared there, because you are Yahweh, the God of Israel.
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When Shamgar was our leader and in the days of Jael, we were afraid to walk on the main roads; instead, caravans of travelers walked on winding, less traveled roads to avoid being molested.
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There were few warriors willing to fight in Israel until I, Deborah, became their leader. I became like a mother to the Israelite people.
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When the Israelite people abandoned Yahweh and chose new gods, enemies attacked the gates of the cities, and then they took away the shields and spears from forty thousand Israelite soldiers. Not one was left with a metal weapon.
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I am thankful for the leaders and soldiers who volunteered to fight. I praise you, Yahweh, for them!
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You wealthy people who ride on donkeys, sitting on nice padded saddles, and you people who just walk on the road, think about all this!
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Listen to the voices of the singers who gather at the places where the animals drink water. They tell about how Yahweh acted righteously when he enabled the Israelite warriors to conquer their enemies. Yahweh’s people marched down to the city gates.
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The people came to my house and shouted, ‘Deborah, wake up! Wake up and start singing!’ They also shouted, ‘Barak (son of Abinoam), get up, and capture our enemies!’
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Later, some of the Israelite people who survived the battle came down from the highlands to where their leaders were. These were men who belonged to Yahweh and they came down to me to fight their enemies alongside these warriors.
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Some came from the tribe descended from Ephraim. They came from land that once belonged to the descendants of Amalek. Men from the tribe descended from Benjamin followed them. Troops from the group descended from Machir also came down, and officers from the tribe descended from Zebulun came down, carrying staffs to show they were important.
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Leaders from the tribes descended from Issachar joined Barak and me. They followed Barak, rushing down into the valley. But men from the tribe descended from Reuben could not decide what they should do.
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Why did you men stay at your fireplaces, waiting to hear the shepherds whistle for their flocks of sheep to come to the pens? Men in the tribe descended from Reuben could not decide whether they would join us to fight our enemies, or not.
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Similarly, the men living in the Gilead area stayed at home, east of the Jordan River. And the men from the tribe descended from Dan, why did they stay home? The tribe descended from Asher sat by the seashore. They stayed in their coves.
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But men from the tribe descended from Zebulun risked their lives on the battlefield, and men descended from Naphtali were ready to do that, also.
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The kings of Canaan fought us at Taanach, near the springs in Megiddo Valley. But since they did not defeat us, they did not carry away any silver or other treasures from the battle.
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It was as though the stars in the heavens fought for us and as though those stars in their paths fought against Sisera.
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The river Kishon swept them away, that river that has been there for ages. I will tell myself to be brave and continue marching on.
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The hooves of the horses of Sisera’s army pounded the ground. Those powerful horses kept galloping along.
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The angel sent by Yahweh said, ’I curse the people of the town of Meroz because they did not come to help Yahweh to defeat the mighty warriors of Canaan.’
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But God is very pleased with Jael, (the wife of Heber the Kenite). He is more pleased with her than with all the other women who live in tents.
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Sisera asked for some water, and Jael gave him some milk. She brought him some yogurt in a bowl that was suitable for kings.
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Then, when he was asleep, she reached for a tent peg with her left hand, and she reached for a hammer with her right hand. She hit Sisera hard with it and crushed his head. She pounded the tent peg right through his head.
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He collapsed at her feet and he fell and he laid there and did not move. At her feet he sank down, and there he fell limp. He was dead.
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Sisera’s mother looked out from her window. She waited for him to return. She said, ’Why is he taking so long to come home in his chariot? Why do I not hear the sound of the wheels of his chariot?’
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Her wisest princesses replied to her, and she kept consoling herself by repeating those words:
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’Perhaps they are dividing up the things and the people they captured after the battle. Each soldier will get one or two women who will bear them children. Sisera will get some beautiful robes, and some beautiful embroidered robes for me.’
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But that is not what happened! Yahweh, I hope that all your enemies will die as Sisera did! And I desire that all those who love you, Yahweh, be as strong as the sun when it rises!” There was peace again in the land for forty years.
(Exodus 15:1–21)
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Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying,
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Because the leaders took the lead in Israel, because the people offered themselves willingly, be blessed, LORD!
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Hear, you kings! Give ear, you princes! I, even I, will sing to the LORD. I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel.
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LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, the sky also dropped. Yes, the clouds dropped water.
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The mountains quaked at the LORD’s presence, even Sinai at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.
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The rulers ceased in Israel. They ceased until I, Deborah, arose; Until I arose a mother in Israel.
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They chose new gods. Then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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My heart is toward the governors of Israel, who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the LORD!
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Speak, you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way.
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Far from the noise of archers, in the places of drawing water, there they will rehearse the LORD’s righteous acts, the righteous acts of his rule in Israel.Then the LORD’s people went down to the gates.
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Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’
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Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down. The LORD came down for me against the mighty.
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Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun.
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The princes of Issachar were with Deborah. As was Issachar, so was Barak. They rushed into the valley at his feet. By the watercourses of Reuben, there were great resolves of heart.
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Why did you sit among the sheepfolds? To hear the whistling for the flocks? At the watercourses of Reuben, there were great searchings of heart.
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Gilead lived beyond the Jordan. Why did Dan remain in ships? Asher sat still at the haven of the sea, and lived by his creeks.
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Zebulun was a people that jeopardized their lives to the death; Naphtali also, on the high places of the field.
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The kings came and fought, then the kings of Canaan fought at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. They took no plunder of silver.
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From the sky the stars fought. From their courses, they fought against Sisera.
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The river Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. My soul, march on with strength.
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Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancing, the prancing of their strong ones.
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‘Curse Meroz,’ said the LORD’s angel. ‘Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they didn’t come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
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Jael shall be blessed above women, the wife of Heber the Kenite; blessed shall she be above women in the tent.
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He asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him butter in a lordly dish.
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She put her hand to the tent peg, and her right hand to the workmen’s hammer. With the hammer she struck Sisera. She struck through his head. Yes, she pierced and struck through his temples.
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At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay. At her feet he bowed, he fell. Where he bowed, there he fell down dead.
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Through the window she looked out, and cried: Sisera’s mother looked through the lattice.Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the wheels of his chariots wait?’
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Her wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,
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Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’
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So let all your enemies perish, LORD, but let those who love him be as the sun when it rises in its strength.” Then the land had rest forty years.