en_tn_condensed/jdg/05/16.md

Why did you sit between the fireplaces, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks?

This question is asked to criticize the people of Reuben because they did not decide to come fight in battle. AT: "Why did you sit around your fires listening to shepherds playing their pipes instead of preparing for battle?" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

pipes

a simple musical instrument, like a flute

searchings of heart

See how you translated this in Judges 5:15.