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359 B

as thick as a cloud of locusts

The army camp is compared to a swarm of locusts because there are many people camped in a small area. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)

they were more in number than the grains of the sand on the seashore

AT: "There were a great number of camels." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole)