God’s raising up of a female, Deborah, as a judge of Israel was extraordinary, indicating that all the men of Israel had failed God, forcing Him to raise up a woman. In the Bible a proper female indicates one who is in submission to God, one who keeps God’s ordination (see note Exo. 2:21¹, par. 2). This is the position that Israel should have taken before God, but Israel violated God’s ordination, leaving her position as God’s wife and forsaking Him for hundreds of idols. This brought Israel into a miserable situation and condition. Although Deborah was a very capable person, she was very submissive. God made her the leader, yet she kept the proper order and took Barak as her covering (vv. 6-9; cf. 1 Cor. 11:3, 5-6, 10). When this excellent, extraordinary woman took the lead to practice the female submission to the man, the entire country came into an excellent order, assuming the proper position before Jehovah (v. 10). Among the people there were great resolutions in heart and great searchings of heart (Judg. 5:15-16), and they rose up to follow the others to fight for God’s kingdom. Because Israel fought under Deborah in a proper order, God fought for them (vv. 14-24).