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Deborah: family and leadership

Deborah is a judge and prophetess, Lappidoth’s wife, and an ally of Barak.

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  • Deborah the judge Deborah the judge joined forces with Barak.
    Source: Judges 4:8; Judges 4:9
    And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
    Read Judges 4:8
    And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
    Read Judges 4:9

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  • Lappidoth is the husband of Deborah the judge.
    Source: Judges 4:4
    And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time.
    Read Judges 4:4
  • Deborah the judge joined forces with Barak.
    Source: Judges 4:8; Judges 4:9
    And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
    Read Judges 4:8
    And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh.
    Read Judges 4:9

A question to carry into your reading

Deborah leads, and Barak asks her to go with him. Whose steady presence gives you courage when a task feels too big?

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Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.