Judges 7:12 BSB — MannaFest

Judges 7:12

Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

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ASV

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.

KJV

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וּמִדְיָ֨ן	u.mid.Yan	and Midian	H4080 →
וַעֲמָלֵ֤ק	va.'a.ma.Lek	and Amalek	H6002 →
וְכָל־	ve.khol	and all	H3605 →
בְּנֵי־	be.nei-	[the] people of	H1121 →
קֶ֙דֶם֙	ke.dem	[the] east	H6924 →
נֹפְלִ֣ים	no.fe.Lim	[were] lying	H5307 →
בָּעֵ֔מֶק	ba.'E.mek	in the valley	H6010 →
כָּאַרְבֶּ֖ה	ka.'ar.Beh	like <the> locust[s]	H697 →
לָרֹ֑ב	la.Ro	for multitude	H7230 →
וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙	ve.lig.ma.lei.Hem	and [belonged] to camels their	H1581 →
אֵ֣ין	'ein	not	H369 →
מִסְפָּ֔ר	mis.Par	number	H4557 →
כַּח֛וֹל	ka.Chol	like the sand	H2344 →
שֶׁעַל־	she.'al-	that [is] on	H5921 →
שְׂפַ֥ת	se.Fat	[the] shore of	H8193 →
הַיָּ֖ם	hai.Yam	the sea	H3220 →
לָרֹֽב׃	la.Ro	for multitude	H7230 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Judges 6:3
Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
leads to
- Judges 6:33
  Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
- Judges 3:13
  After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
- Genesis 29:1
  Jacob resumed his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
- 1 Kings 4:30
  Solomon’s wisdom was greater than that of all the men of the East, greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.
- Job 1:3
  and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
Through
Judges 6:5
For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.
leads to
- Judges 8:10
  Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had…
- Isaiah 60:6
  Caravans of camels will cover your land, young camels of Midian and Ephah, and all from Sheba will come, bearing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the LORD.
Through
Joshua 11:4
So these kings came out with all their armies, a multitude as numerous as the sand on the seashore, along with a great number of horses and chariots.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 13:5
  Now the Philistines assembled to fight against Israel with three thousand chariots, six thousand horsemen, and troops as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Michmash, east of…