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The power of MidianprevailedagainstIsrael. Because* of Midian the sons of Israelmade for themselves 1the denswhich were in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.
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Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD ; and the LORD gave them into the hands of Midian seven years.
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The power of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens which were in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.
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For it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them.
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So they would camp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey.
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For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in like locusts for number, both they and their camels were innumerable ; and they came into the land to devastate it.