16Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
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Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; …
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's.
And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-23)Here, I. Deborah stirs up herself and Barak to celebrate this victory in the most solemn manner, to the glory of God and the honour of Israel, for the encouragement of their friends and the greater confusion of their enemies, Jdg. 5:12. 1. Deborah, as a prophetess, must do it by a song, to compose and sing which she excites herself: Awake, awake , and again, awake, awake , which intimates the sens…
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