Judges 3 - 8

As the children of Israel had again turned from the covenants they had made with the Lord, they again fell captive to their enemies. In this condition -

"...the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel." (Old Testament Judges 4:3)

In this condition, they great lacked righteous leadership. It is then -

"...Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time..." (Old Testament Judges 4:4)

To say a woman could not have the Spirit of Prophecy would be untrue for John records -

"...for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." (New Testament Revelation 19:10)

We learn that one of the gifts of the Spirit is -

"..that he may prophesy concerning all things..." (Book of Mormon Moroni 10:13)

We see with the sons of Mosiah that -

"...they had given themselves to much prayer, and fasting; therefore they had the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation, and when they taught, they taught with power and authority of God..." (Book of Mormon Alma 17:3)

I believe these verses apply to both men and women and are not necessarily connected to just the priesthood - for it was Deborah that -

"...sent and called Barak...and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun?
7 And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand." (Old Testament Judges 4:6 - 7)

You can tell the strength and leadership of Deborah as Barak responds -

"...If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go.
9 And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honour..." (Old Testament Judges 4:8 - 9)

And in doing so she prophesizes -

"...for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman." (Old Testament Judges 4:9)

It is not necessarily clear how -

"...the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak..." (Old Testament Judges 4:15)

But a song of praise by Doborah and Barak, it suggests the river had over flown its banks and the chariots were weighed down in mud with the somwhat poetic verse -

"...Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?" (Old Testament Judges 5:30)

We do know that after -

"...all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left." (Old Testament Judges 4:16)

That -

"...Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite..." (Old Testament Judges 4:17)

Sisera plead with Jael -

"...Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and enquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No." (Old Testament Judges 4:20)

And after Jael had hid and covered him, she -

"...took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died." (Old Testament Judges 4:21)

And when Barak came, Jael said -

"...Come, and I will shew thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples...." (Old Testament Judges 4:22)

All fulfilling the prophecy of Deborah that -

"...the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman..." (Old Testament Judges 4:9)

Deborah is a great example of the great impact they can have as they are obedient to their covenants.