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And whenever Israel sowed seed, the Midianites,[a] Amalekites,[b] and the people of the east would come up against them. They would camp against them and destroy the produce of the land as far as[c] Gaza; they left no produce in Israel, or sheep, ox, or donkey. For they, their livestock, and their tents would come up like a great number of locusts; they and their camels could not be counted; they came into the land and devoured it.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 6:3 Hebrew “Midianite”
  2. Judges 6:3 Hebrew “Amalekite”
  3. Judges 6:4 Literally “until your coming to”

Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites(A) and other eastern peoples(B) invaded the country. They camped on the land and ruined the crops(C) all the way to Gaza(D) and did not spare a living thing for Israel, neither sheep nor cattle nor donkeys. They came up with their livestock and their tents like swarms of locusts.(E) It was impossible to count them or their camels;(F) they invaded the land to ravage it.

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