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Judges 5:8

“When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.”

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⁶In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted and the travelers took the byways.

⁷Life in the villages ceased; it ended in Israel, until I, Deborah, arose, a mother in Israel.

⁸When they chose new gods, then war came to their gates. Not a shield or spear was found among forty thousand in Israel.

⁹My heart is with the princes of Israel, with the volunteers among the people. Bless the LORD!

¹⁰You who ride white donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, and you who travel the road, ponder

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