Judges 5:15-17

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¹⁵ Down into the valley

Went the princes of Issachar

With Deborah and Barak.

At God’s command they rushed into the valley.

(But the tribe of Reuben didn’t go.

¹⁶ Why did you sit at home among the sheepfolds,

Playing your shepherd pipes?

Yes, the tribe of Reuben has an uneasy conscience.

¹⁷ Why did Gilead remain across the Jordan,

And why did Dan remain with his ships?

And why did Asher sit unmoved

Upon the seashore,

At ease beside his harbors?)