Judges 5:15

5:15 Issachar’s leaders were with Deborah,

the men of Issachar ¹  supported ²  Barak;

into the valley they were sent under Barak’s command. ³ 

Among the clans of Reuben there was intense ⁴  heart searching. ⁵ 

Judges 7:12

7:12 Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. ⁶  Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore.

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:15]  ² tn Or “was true to.”

[5:15]  ³ tn Heb “at his feet.”

[5:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “great was.”

[5:15]  ⁵ 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.

[7:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “Midian, Amalek, and the sons of the east were falling in the valley like locusts in great number.”