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NASB | Judges 5:12 ¶ "Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak, and take away your captives, O son of Abinoam. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Judges 5:12 ¶ "Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam. |
Bible Question: In Hebrews 11:32, the "Hall of Faith," Barak is included. When I read Judges 4, the story of Barak and Deborah, it seems that Barak was not an example of faith at all - that it was Deborah who trusted God and went into battle, and that she was to receive the credit. So why is Barak cited in Hebrews 11 and not Deborah? Other women are noted there, eg Rahab. |
Bible Answer: Those listed in Hebrews 11:32 are those who performed the actions in Heb 11:33-34. Barak put armies to flight by faith. Deborah may have had greater faith than Barak, but she did not put armies to flight or conquer enemies. Those mentioned are those who performed the acts listed. Faith, whether that of the people mentioned or that of others associated with them, was the power behind the acts committed in Hebrews 11. Another example of this is Hebrews 11:23; it was not the baby Moses' faith that caused him to be protected from Pharaoh and hidden along the Nile. We have come to associate this passage with "heroes" of the faith, but it is more accurately a chronicling of the power of faith. Those who exercise faith are heroes, but faith itself is the point, not the heroes themselves. They are simply witnesses of the effective power of faith. |
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