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 Terror reigned for 20 years, until Jehovah saw evidence that his stubborn people were ready to change, or as the inspired record of the song of Deborah and Barak says, "Until I, Deborah, rose up, I arose as a mother in Israel." We do not know if Deborah, the wife of a man named Lappidoth, was a mother in a literal sense, but this expression was intended figuratively. In effect, Jehovah assigned Deborah to provide the nation with motherly protection. He commissioned her to summon a strong man of faith, Judge Barak, and direct him to rise up against Sisera.  - JUDGES 4:3, 6, 7; 5z;7.

"Go and march to Mount Tabor," Jehovah ordered through Deborah. Barak was to muster 10,000 men from two of Israel's tribes. Deborah conveyed God's promise that they would defeat the mighty Sisera and his 900 chariots! The promise surely astounded Barak. Israel had no army and virtually no weaponry. Still, Barak agreed to go into battle-but only if Deborah came to Mount Tabor too. - JUDGES 4:6-8; 5:6-8.

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