Hakim-hakim 5:15

5:15 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 

Hakim-hakim 20:6

20:6 I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces ⁶  throughout the territory occupied by Israel, ⁷  because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity ⁸  in Israel.

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “Issachar.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[5:15]  ² tn Or “was true to.”

[5:15]  ³ tn Heb “at his feet.”

[5:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “great was.”

[5:15]  ⁵ tc The great majority of Hebrew mss have “resolves of heart,” but a few mss read “searchings of heart,” which is preferable in light of v. 16.

[20:6]  ⁶ tn Heb “her”; the referent is more naturally stated in English as “the pieces.”

[20:6]  ⁷ tn Heb “throughout all the territory of the inheritance of Israel.”

[20:6]  ⁸ tn Heb “a wicked and disgraceful [thing].”