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Judges 5:18-25 New International Version (NIV)

18. The people of Zebulun risked their very lives; so did Naphtali on the terraced fields.

19. “Kings came, they fought, the kings of Canaan fought. At Taanach, by the waters of Megiddo, they took no plunder of silver.

20. From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera.

21. The river Kishon swept them away, the age-old river, the river Kishon. March on, my soul; be strong!

22. Then thundered the horses’ hooves— galloping, galloping go his mighty steeds.

23. ‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord. ‘Curse its people bitterly, because they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord against the mighty.’

24. “Most blessed of women be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, most blessed of tent-dwelling women.

25. He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for nobles she brought him curdled milk.

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