Discovery BoxJudges 5:15-16 
Context5:15 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
5:16 Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, 6
listening to the shepherds playing their pipes 7 for their flocks? 8
As for the clans of Reuben – there was intense searching of heart.
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
6 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (mishpÿtayim) is uncertain. Some understand the word to mean “campfires.”
7 tn Or “whistling.”
8 tn Heb “listening to the pipe playing for the flocks.”
