‏ Judges 6:1-8

Israel Oppressed by Midian

1 Then the sons of Israel adid what was evil in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord handed them over to bMidian for seven years. 2The
Lit hand
power of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves dthe dens which were in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds.
3For whenever Israel had sown, the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the
Lit sons
people of the east and
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march against them.
4So they would camp against them and gdestroy the produce of the earth
Lit until your coming to
as far as Gaza, and ileave no sustenance in Israel, nor a sheep, ox, or donkey.
5For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in jlike locusts in number, and both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to ruin it. 6So Israel was brought kvery low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord.

7 Now it came about, when the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord on account of Midian, 8that the Lord sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and lhe said to them, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘It was I who brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of
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slavery.
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