5She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment.
Deborah was from the tribe of Issachar (Judges 5:15), but she had moved somewhat south to Ephraim, in the centre of Israel, to be accessible to the entire nation of Israel.
5 She used to sit under the palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the people of Israel came up to her for judgment.