25 (A)And they sat down to eat a meal. Then they lifted their eyes and looked, and there was a company of (B)Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead with their camels, bearing spices, (C)balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry them down to Egypt.

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Midianites Oppress Israel

Then the children of Israel did (A)evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord delivered them into the hand of (B)Midian for seven years, and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the children of Israel made for themselves the dens, (C)the caves, and the strongholds which are in the mountains. So it was, whenever Israel had sown, Midianites would come up; also Amalekites and the (D)people of the East would come up against them.

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Gideon’s Ephod

22 Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, (A)“Rule over us, both you and your son, and your grandson also; for you have (B)delivered us from the hand of Midian.”

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24 Then Gideon said to them, “I would like to [a]make a request of you, that each of you would give me the earrings from his plunder.” For they had golden earrings, (A)because they were Ishmaelites.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 8:24 Lit. request a request

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