Devorah and Barak judged after him for forty years from year 2636 until 2676 [(and according to Seder Olam and Yuchsin in Seder HaDoros from 2615 until 2695)] - Judge 5, and included in them are twenty years of the slavery of Yavin [(Midrash cited above).] And Barak and the Court of 24 received from Ehud, receiving from 5 from Sinai according to Rabbi Yitzchak Abarbanel [(thus). And Barak was with the Ark and they made for him...]

Barak [was Ner the father of Shaul. Barak, the husband of Devorah, etc., was poor - he would go and make wicks and go to the house of God so that through them his portion would be among the righteous. This was approximately the intent of Ner, who would light in dark alleys so they would illuminate in the synagogues and study halls, and because they did not engage in Torah, neither Ner nor Barak, for until now it was the merit of...]

Devorah [the wife of Barak, and at the time of her prophecy she separated from him for 40 years (Shir HaKavod 19:8). Devorah was reincarnated in her: Tzipporah, because at the time when they sang the song at the Sea she was not there and she was distressed. And through the merit that she circumcised her son and 'she took a rock and cut' - she merited to come in Devorah and say a song, and this is what is meant by 'when vengeance was taken' - meaning that she merited through the merit of...]

Yael [the wife of Chever HaKeini. Rachav was reincarnated in Chever HaKeini (see years 2440 and 2488). The intent of the Ari, chapter 48:2: Yael was reincarnated in Eli the priest (see year 2830). Yael is from the root of Kayin, through Sisera therefore he was killed (see Sefer Kavanot in Likutim Shoftim).

Yehudit was Yael (see year 3622).] From Acco which is...]

Sisera commanded in Gamatria one thousand heads of armies, and so he had with him one hundred thousand. And he was thirty years old and conquered the entire world by his strength. And there was no wall that he could not bring down with his voice, and even a beast in the field - when he would raise his voice upon it, it would not move from its place. When he descended to...