The story of Jael “crushing the head” of Sisera is told in Judg 4 and then celebrated in song in Judg 5. The terminology of Judg 5:26 might allude to Numb 24:17, as the verb māḥaṣ (“crush,” “shatter,” “smite through”) is used with several synonymous terms50 to describe this gruesome deed. Once again, the collective seed of the woman through Abraham, Israel, is at enmity with another seed, the Canaanites. Interestingly, the text argues that Israel has been subjugated to