Judges 5:16

5:16 Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, ¹ 

listening to the shepherds playing their pipes ²  for their flocks? ³ 

As for the clans of Reuben – there was intense searching of heart.

Judges 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ⁴  supported ⁵  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ⁶ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁷  heart searching. ⁸ 

Judges 19:1

Sodom and Gomorrah Revisited

19:1 In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite ⁹  living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine ¹⁰  from Bethlehem ¹¹  in Judah.

¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (mishpÿtayim) is uncertain. Some understand the word to mean “campfires.”

² tn Or “whistling.”

³ tn Heb “listening to the pipe playing for the flocks.”

⁴ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁵ tn Or “was true to.”

⁶ tn Heb “at his feet.”

⁷ tn Heb “great was.”

⁸ tc The great majority of Hebrew mss have “resolves of heart,” but a few mss read “searchings of heart,” which is preferable in light of v. 16.

⁷ tn Heb “a man, a Levite.”

⁸ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 8:31.

⁹ map For location see Map5-B1; Map7-E2; Map8-E2; Map10-B4.