Thematic Bible
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Amalekites, the » With midian, oppressed israel
For when Israel had sown then came the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the east country upon them and pitched their tents against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth even unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel; neither sheep, ox or ass, for they came with their cattle and households even as grasshoppers in multitude: so that both they and also their camels were without number. And they entered the land to destroy it.
Armies » Compared to » Grasshoppers
For when Israel had sown then came the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the east country upon them and pitched their tents against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth even unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel; neither sheep, ox or ass, for they came with their cattle and households even as grasshoppers in multitude: so that both they and also their camels were without number. And they entered the land to destroy it.
And the Midianites, the Amalekites, and all they of the east, lay along in the valley, like unto grasshoppers in multitude, and their camels were without number, even as the sand by the seaside in multitude.
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Gaza » A city » A city of the tribe of ephraim
and destroyed the increase of the earth even unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel; neither sheep, ox or ass,
And their possession and habitation was Bethel and the towns that belonged thereto, and unto the east of Naaran, and on the west side of Gezer with the towns thereof, and Shechem with the towns of the same, and Ayyah with her towns,
Midianites » Allowed to oppress israel
And the children of Israel committed wickedness in the sight of the LORD. And the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Midianites seven years. And when the hand of the Midianites was sore upon Israel, the children of Israel made them dens in the mountains and caves and strongholds. For when Israel had sown then came the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the east country upon them and pitched their tents against them, read more.
and destroyed the increase of the earth even unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel; neither sheep, ox or ass, for they came with their cattle and households even as grasshoppers in multitude: so that both they and also their camels were without number. And they entered the land to destroy it. And so was Israel exceedingly impoverished by the Midianites and cried unto the LORD.
and destroyed the increase of the earth even unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel; neither sheep, ox or ass, for they came with their cattle and households even as grasshoppers in multitude: so that both they and also their camels were without number. And they entered the land to destroy it. And so was Israel exceedingly impoverished by the Midianites and cried unto the LORD.
Sheep » Were frequently » Taken in great numbers in war
And they took of their cattle fifty thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and of the people a hundred thousand:
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And thereto they smote the tents of cattle and carried away plenty of sheep and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
and destroyed the increase of the earth even unto Gaza, and left no sustenance in Israel; neither sheep, ox or ass,
Then the people gat them to the spoil and took sheep oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground and did eat with the blood.
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