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13 Then the remnant went down to the nobles;
    the people of Yahweh went down for him[a] against the mighty.
14 From Ephraim is their root into Amalek,
    after you, Benjamin, with your family;
from Makir the commanders went down,
    and from Zebulun those carrying the scepter
        of the military commander.
15 And the chiefs[b] in Issachar were with Deborah;
    and Issachar likewise was with Barak;
    into the valley he was sent to get him from behind.[c]
Among the clans of Reuben
    were great decisions of the heart.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:13 Hebrew “me”
  2. Judges 5:15 Hebrew “my chiefs”; ancient translations read “the chiefs”
  3. Judges 5:15 Literally “he was sent at his feet”
  4. Judges 5:15 Or “thoughts of the heart”