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1. For AV 'scribe' RV of Jg 5:14 has 'marshal.' It was the duty of this officer to muster the men available for a campaign. In later times he kept a register of their names (2Ki 25:10; Jer 52:25; 2Ch 26:11, where the same Heb. word is used; see also 1Ma 5:42). The staff (not 'pen') in his hand was an emblem of authority (Jg 5:14; cf. Nu 21:18). 2. The Heb. tiphsar is identified with the Assyrian dupsarru, 'tahlet-writer,' 'scribe.' In Jer 51:27 and Na 3:17 it denotes a military officer of high rank (AV 'captain,' RV 'marshal.' [The alteration was not imperatively necessary]).

J. Taylor.

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