Judges 5:16

5:16 Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, 1 

listening to the shepherds playing their pipes 2  for their flocks? 3 

As for the clans of Reuben – there was intense searching of heart.

1 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (mishpÿtayim) is uncertain. Some understand the word to mean “campfires.”

2 tn Or “whistling.”

3 tn Heb “listening to the pipe playing for the flocks.”

HISTORY

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