Judges 4:6-10 - If you go with me

4:6,7

“She sent for Barak ...” She had a word of the Lord for Barak, and Barak quite happily goes up to listen to her. The word of the Lord is a command to do battle. This is given along with a promise that the Lord has given Jabin’s army into his hands.

4:8-10

Barak agrees to go, but only if Deborah goes with him. He seems to have more faith in Deborah than in God Himself. Deborah is happy to go with Barak, but warns him that there will be a price to pay. If he had simply gone to battle, then he would have received glory for the victory that would ensue, but because he would not do this, the honour will go to a woman. Interestingly, this woman is not Deborah, but it is another woman who delivers the fatal blow. Men failing to take proper responsibility is a key failing in the church and in society. Anyway, Barak gets the army together, and they go up under his command, with Deborah coming along.