Judges 5:16 meaning and explanation

Why did you sit among the sheepfolds to hear the whistling for the flocks? In the clans of Reuben there was great indecision.

Judges 5:16, Berean Standard Bible

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Deborah and Barak sing this victory song after God delivers Israel from Sisera. The tribes are named one by one, and Reuben is singled out twice for hesitating.

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