Psalms 68:11 Cross References - NSB

¹¹ Jehovah gave the word: The women who proclaim the good news are a large army.

¹⁵ Jehovah said to Moses: »Why are you crying out to me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward.

²⁰ The prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women, danced with tambourines, and followed her.

⁹ Moses said to Joshua: »Choose some of our men. Then fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill. I will hold in my hand the staff God told me to take along.« ¹⁰ Joshua did as Moses told him. They fought the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went to the top of the hill. ¹¹ As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel would win, but as soon as he put his hands down, the Amalekites would start to win. ¹² Finally, Moses was so tired that Aaron and Hur got a rock for him to sit on. They stood beside him and supported his arms in the same position until sunset. ¹³ That is how Joshua defeated the Amalekites. ¹⁴ After the fight Jehovah said to Moses: »Write an account of this victory and read it to Joshua. I want the Amalekites to be forgotten forever.« ¹⁵ Moses built an altar. He named it: »Jehovah Gives Me Victory.« ¹⁶ Then Moses explained: »This is because I depended on Jehovah. But in future generations, Jehovah will have to fight the Amalekites again.«

⁶ She sent for Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him: »Has Jehovah the God of Israel commanded, saying: ‘Go and deploy troops at mount Tabor. Take ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? ⁷ »‘And I will lure Sisera, the captain of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand.’« ⁸ Barak said to her: »If you will go with me, then I will go. If you will not go with me I will not go.« ⁹ She said: »I will surely go with you. Never the less there will be no glory for you in the journey you are taking. For Jehovah will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman.« Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. ¹⁰ Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men under his command. Deborah went with him. ¹¹ Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent at the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. ¹² They showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone to mount Tabor. ¹³ Sisera gathered together all his nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the nations to the Kishon River. ¹⁴ Deborah said to Barak: »Get up, for this is the day in which Jehovah has delivered Sisera into your hand. Jehovah has gone out before you.« So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. ¹⁵ Jehovah routed Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak. Sisera dismounted his chariot, and fled away on his feet. ¹⁶ But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the army to Harosheth-Hagoyim. All of Sisera’s army fell by the edge of the sword. Not one person was left. ¹⁷ Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite. There was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. ¹⁸ Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him: »Come my lord, come right in. Do not be afraid.« When he came in to her tent, she covered him with a mantle. ¹⁹ He said to her: »Please give me a little water to drink for I am thirsty.« She opened a jug of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. ²⁰ Again he said: »Stand at the door of the tent. When any man comes to inquire and asks: ‘Is there a man here?’ Say: »No.«’« ²¹ Then Jael Heber’s wife picked up a tent peg and a hammer and went to him while he was fast asleep and drove the peg into his temple and it went down into the ground. He was fast asleep and weary. So he died. ²² Barak pursued Sisera and Jael came out to meet him. She said to him: »Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek.« He went to her tend and saw Sisera lay dead with the peg in his temple. ²³ So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. ²⁴ The children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.

⁶ »In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were deserted. Travelers used the back roads. ⁷ »The towns of Israel were abandoned. They stood empty until I Deborah came, came like a mother for Israel. ⁸ »There was war in the land when the Israelites chose new gods. Of the forty thousand men in Israel, did anyone carry shield or spear? ⁹ »My heart is with the commanders of Israel, with the people who gladly volunteered. Praise Jehovah! ¹⁰ »Speak of it, you who ride on white donkeys, sitting on saddles. You that must walk wherever you go. ¹¹ »Listen! The noisy crowds around the wells are telling about Jehovah’s victories, the victories of Israel’s people! Then Jehovah’s people marched down from their cities. ¹² »Wake up, wake up, Deborah: awake, awake, and utter a song. Arise, Barak, and lead your captives away, you son of Abinoam. ¹³ »Then he made those who remain to dominate over the nobles among the people. Jehovah made me have dominion over the mighty. ¹⁴ »They came from Ephraim to the valley. They were behind the tribe of Benjamin and its people. The commanders came down from Machir. The officers came down from Zebulun. ¹⁵ »The leaders of Issachar came with Deborah. Issachar came and Barak too, and they followed him into the valley. But the tribe of Reuben was divided; they could not decide to come. ¹⁶ »Why did they stay behind with the sheep? Did they listen to shepherds calling the flocks? Yes, the tribe of Reuben was divided; they could not decide to come. ¹⁷ »The tribe of Gad stayed east of the Jordan. The tribe of Dan remained by the ships. The tribe of Asher stayed by the seacoast. They remained by the shore. ¹⁸ »The people of Zebulun and Naphtali risked their lives on the battlefield. ¹⁹ »The kings fought at Taanach, by the stream of Megiddo. The kings of Canaan fought, but they took no silver away. ²⁰ »As the stars moved across the sky they fought against Sisera. ²¹ »The River Kishon swept them away. That ancient flooding river swept them away. March on! March on and be strong. ²² »Then the horses hooves thundered and his mighty steeds stamped the ground. ²³ »Curse Meroz, says Jehovah’s angel: Curse those who live there. They did not come to help Jehovah. They did not come as soldiers to fight for him. ²⁴ »Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, is the most blessed of women. The most blessed of women who live in tents. ²⁵ »Sisera asked for water. She gave him milk. She brought him cream in a beautiful bowl. ²⁶ »She took a tent peg in one hand and hammer in the other. She struck Sisera and crushed his skull. Yes, she pierced him through the head. ²⁷ »He sank to his knees and fell down at her feet. At her feet he sank. He fell to the ground, dead. ²⁸ »Sisera’s mother looked thru the window. From behind the lattice she looked. Why is his chariot so late in coming? She asked. Why are his horses so slow to return? ²⁹ »The wisest of her ladies answered her, and she told herself over and over, ³⁰ »They are finding things to capture and divide. They find a woman or two for every soldier, rich cloth for Sisera, embroidered pieces for the queen. ³¹ »May all your enemies die like that, Jehovah, may your friends shine like the rising sun! There was peace in the land for forty years.«

⁶ David returned from a campaign against the Philistines. That same day women from all of Israel’s cities came to meet King Saul. They sang and danced. Tambourines, joyful music, and triangles accompanied them.

²⁵ The singers are in front. The musicians are behind them. The young women beating tambourines are between them.

³ He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see, respect and trust in Jehovah.

¹¹ He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers.

¹³ He was clothed with a garment dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.