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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: Judges 5: 8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates; was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
Judges 5: 9 My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD.
Judges 5: 10 Ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit on rich cloths, and ye that walk by the way, tell of it;
Judges 5: 11 Louder than the voice of archers, by the watering-troughs! there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts of His rulers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates.
Judges 5: 12 Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, utter a song; arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
Judges 5: 13 Then made He a remnant to have dominion over the nobles and the people; the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty.
Judges 5: 14 Out of Ephraim came they whose root is in Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the marshal's staff.
Judges 5: 15 And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; as was Issachar, so was Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his feet. Among the divisions of Reuben there were great resolves of heart.
Judges 5: 16 Why sattest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the pipings for the flocks? At the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.
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