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Judges 6:5 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it. "
Judges 6:5
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3 So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them.
4 They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey.
5 For they came up with their livestock and their tents. They came in as locusts for multitude. Both they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land to destroy it.
6 Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD.
7 When the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of Midian,
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Judges 6:1
"The children of Israel did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, so the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years."
Judges 6:2
"The hand of Midian prevailed against Israel; and because of Midian the children of Israel made themselves the dens which are in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds."
Judges 6:3
"So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them."
Judges 6:4
"They encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, until you come to Gaza. They left no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey."
Judges 6:6
"Israel was brought very low because of Midian; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD."
Judges 6:7
"When the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of Midian,"
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