7:12a Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts,

The Midian people, the Amalek people, and other nomads from the east were in the valley. There were as many as a swarm of locusts.
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The soldiers of Midian and of Amalek, and other nomads from the east were on the plain. There were ⌊so many of them that they looked⌋ like a swarm of locusts.

7:12b and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.

Their camels were numberless like the grains of sand by the seashore.
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As for their camels, one could not count them. They were as many as the grains of sand beside the sea.

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