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1 The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, who therefore delivered them into the power of Midian for seven years, 2 so that Midian held Israel subject. From fear of Midian the Israelites made dens in the mountains, the caves, and the strongholds. 3 For it used to be that whenever the Israelites had completed sowing their crops, Midian, Amalek, and the Kedemites would come up, 4 encamp against them, and lay waste the produce of the land as far as the outskirts of Gaza, leaving no sustenance in Israel, and no sheep, ox, or donkey. Judges 6:1-4, New American Bible Revised. Copyright © 2010 USCCB.
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