“Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim,after you, Benjamin, among your peoples.Governors come down out of Machir.Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun.”
Judges 5:14 (WEB)
Context Reading
12‘Awake, awake, Deborah!Awake, awake, utter a song!Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam.’ 13“Then a remnant of the nobles and the people came down.Yahweh came down for me against the mighty. 14Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim,after you, Benjamin, among your peoples.Governors come down out of Machir.Those who handle the marshal’s staff came out of Zebulun. 15The princes of Issachar were with Deborah.As was Issachar, so was Barak.They rushed into the valley at his feet.By the watercourses of Reuben,there were great resolves of heart. 16Why did you sit among the sheepfolds?To hear the whistling for the flocks?At the watercourses of Reuben,there were great searchings of heart.