A moment in scripture
Judges 5:8
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They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
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The surrounding passage
- Judges 5:6
In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways.
- Judges 5:7
The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother 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
Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.