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 7:1

Gideon Reduces the Ranks

7:1 Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men 6  got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. 7  The Midianites 8  were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley.

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

2 tn Or “was true to.”

3 tn Heb “at his feet.”

4 tn Heb “great was.”

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.

6 tn Heb “and all the people who were with him.”

7 sn The name Harod means, ironically, “trembling.”

8 tn Heb “Midian.” The LXX reads “and Amalek” (cf. v. 12; 6:33).