(Ge 37:28; Job 1:1, 15) During their 40-year trek in the wilderness the Israelites came into calamitous contact with the Baal-worshiping Midianites (Nu 25:6, 14-18), and during the period of the Judges, hordes of camel-riding Arabians regularly raided Israel for seven years, until Judge Gideon severely defeated them. —Jg 6:1-6; 7:12-25.
(1Mo 37:28; Job 1:1, 15) Under den 40 år långa vandringen i vildmarken kom israeliterna, med olyckliga följder, i kontakt med de baalsdyrkande midjaniterna (4Mo 25:6, 14–18), och under domartiden blev Israel i sju år med jämna mellanrum härjat av araber som kom ridande på kameler, tills domaren Gideon tillfogade dem ett svårt nederlag. (Dom 6:1–6; 7:12–25)jw2019 jw2019