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“God chose new leaders
    to fight at the city gates.[a]
No one could find a shield or a spear
    among the 40,000 soldiers of Israel.

“My heart is with the commanders of Israel.
    They volunteered to go to war.
Praise the Lord!

10 “Pay attention you people riding on white donkeys,
    sitting on saddle blankets,[b]
    and walking along the road.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 5:8 God chose … gates Or “They chose to follow new gods. So they had to fight at their city gates.” The Hebrew text here is hard to understand.
  2. Judges 5:10 saddle blankets The meaning of this Hebrew word is uncertain.

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