Hakim-hakim 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.

Hakim-hakim 13:25

13:25 The Lord’s spirit began to control him ⁴  in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

[5:16]  ¹ tn The meaning of the Hebrew word מִשְׁפְּתַיִם (mishpÿtayim) is uncertain. Some understand the word to mean “campfires.”

[5:16]  ² tn Or “whistling.”

[5:16]  ³ tn Heb “listening to the pipe playing for the flocks.”

[13:25]  ⁴ tn Or “move him to action”; or “stir him.”