So I am going to hand you over to the people of the east. They will set up their tents in your land. They will camp among you. They will eat your fruit. They will drink your milk.

所以我必将你的地交给东方人为业；他们必在你的地上安营居住，吃你的果子，喝你的奶。

所以，看哪，我要把你交给东方人为业；他们必在你中间安营居住，设立居所，吃你的果子，喝你的奶。

所以，看哪，我要把你交给东方人为业；他们必在你中间安营居住，设立居所，吃你的果子，喝你的奶。

所以我要使东方人侵占你们的地方。他们必在你们的土地上安营扎寨，吃你们出产的果子，喝你们牛羊的奶。

所以我要把你交给东方人作产业；他们必在你那里安营，在你那里设立居所；他们必吃你的果子，喝你的奶。

所以我必將你的地交給東方人為業；他們必在你的地上安營居住，吃你的果子，喝你的奶。

所以，看哪，我要把你交給東方人為業；他們必在你中間安營居住，設立居所，吃你的果子，喝你的奶。

所以，看哪，我要把你交給東方人為業；他們必在你中間安營居住，設立居所，吃你的果子，喝你的奶。

所以我要使東方人侵佔你們的地方。他們必在你們的土地上安營紮寨，吃你們出產的果子，喝你們牛羊的奶。

所以我要把你交給東方人作產業；他們必在你那裡安營，在你那裡設立居所；他們必吃你的果子，喝你的奶。

那麼你就看吧，我必將你交給東方人以為業；他們必在你中間搭營房來居住，在你中間造他們的居所；他們必喫你的果子，喝你的奶子。

我必以爾付於東方人為業、彼必建營、居於爾中、食爾果、飲爾乳、

故我必使東方之人、據爾四境、建室廬於其間、必食爾果、飲爾乳、

故我必將爾地賜東方之人為業、彼於爾地、設其羊圈、立其帳幕、食爾果、飲爾乳、

therefore I am going to give you to the people of the East as a possession. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

therefore behold, I am handing you over to the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst. They shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.

I will allow nomads from the eastern deserts to overrun your country. They will set up their camps among you and pitch their tents on your land. They will harvest all your fruit and drink the milk from your livestock.

therefore I am about to give you to the people of the east as a possession. They will set up their encampments and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the people of the east as a possession, and they will set up their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

indeed, therefore, I will deliver you as a possession to the men of the East, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk.

therefore, behold, I will deliver thee to the children of the east for a possession, and they shall set their encampments in thee, and make their dwellings in thee; they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

therefore I am about to give you to the people of the east as a possession. They will set up their encampments and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk.

So take note, I am about to make you slaves of the tribes of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk.

therefore, behold, I will deliver you to the children of the east for a possession. They will set their encampments in you, and make their dwellings in you. They will eat your fruit and they will drink your milk.

All the Midianites and Amalekites gathered their armies together. Other tribes from the east joined them. All of them went across the Jordan River. They camped in the Valley of Jezreel.

A nation you don’t know anything about will eat what you work to produce on your land. You will only be treated badly as long as you live.

They will eat up the young animals among your livestock. They’ll eat up the crops on your land. They’ll destroy you. They won’t leave you any grain, olive oil or fresh wine. They won’t leave you any calves or lambs. They’ll destroy you.

Your country has been deserted. Your cities have been burned down. The food from your fields is being eaten up by outsiders. They are doing it right in front of you. Your land has been completely destroyed. It looks as if strangers have taken it over.

Solomon’s wisdom was greater than the wisdom of all the people of the east. It was greater than all the wisdom of Egypt.

During that time, Joab fought against Rabbah. It was the royal city of the Ammonites. It had high walls around it. Joab was about to capture it.

But those who are noble make noble plans. And by doing noble things they succeed.You women who are so contented, pay attention to me. You who feel so secure, listen to what I have to say.

They will no longer build houses only to have others live in them. They will no longer plant crops only to have others eat them. My people will live to be as old as trees. My chosen ones will enjoy for a long time the things they have worked for.

Each year the people planted their crops. When they did, the Midianites came into the country and attacked it. So did the Amalekites and other tribes from the east.They camped on the land. They destroyed the crops all the way to Gaza. They didn’t spare any living thing for Israel. They didn’t spare sheep or cattle or donkeys.The Midianites came up with their livestock and tents. They came like huge numbers of locusts. It was impossible to count the men and their camels. They came into the land to destroy it.The Midianites made the Israelites very poor. So they cried out to the Lord for help.

The Midianites had set up their camp in the valley. So had the Amalekites and all the other tribes from the east. There were so many of them that they looked like huge numbers of locusts. Like the grains of sand on the seashore, their camels couldn’t be counted.

Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor. They had an army of about 15,000 men. That’s all that were left of the armies of the tribes from the east. About 120,000 men who carried swords had died in battle.

Then Jacob continued on his journey. He came to the land where the eastern tribes lived.

“ Who has stirred up a king from the east? Who has helped him win his battles? I hand nations over to him. I bring kings under his control. He turns them into dust with his sword. With his bow he turns them into straw blowing in the wind.

Then here is what I will do to you. All at once I will bring terror on you. I will send sicknesses that will make you weak. I will send fever that will destroy your sight. It will slowly take your strength away. When you plant seeds, it will not do you any good. Instead, your enemies will eat what you have planted.

Then Balaam spoke the message he had received from God. He said,“ Balak brought me from the land of Aram. The king of Moab sent for me from the mountains in the east.‘ Come,’ he said.‘ Put a curse on Jacob’s people for me. Come. Speak against Israel.’