Genesis 37:28
28Then aMidianite traders passed by. And they drew Joseph up and lifted him out of the pit, and bsold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels ▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
of silver. They took Joseph to Egypt. Exodus 2:15-16
15When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to kill Moses. But dMoses fled from Pharaoh and stayed in the land of Midian. And he sat down by ea well.16Now the fpriest of Midian had seven daughters, and gthey came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.
Numbers 22:4-7
4And Moab said to hthe elders of Midian, “This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time, 5 isent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor jat Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw, ▼▼Or the people of his kindred
to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me. 6 lCome now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.” 7So the elders of Moab and mthe elders of Midian departed with nthe fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak’s message.
Numbers 25:6
6And behold, one of the people of Israel came and brought a Midianite woman to his family, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of the whole congregation of the people of Israel, while they were oweeping in the entrance of the tent of meeting.Numbers 31:2
2 p“Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall qbe gathered to your people.”Judges 6:1-6
Midian Oppresses Israel
1 rThe people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of sMidian seven years. 2And the hand of Midian overpowered Israel, and because of Midian the people of Israel made for themselves the dens that are in the mountains and tthe caves and the strongholds. 3For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and uthe Amalekites and vthe people of the East would come up against them. 4They would encamp against them wand devour the produce of the land, as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel and no sheep or ox or donkey. 5For they would come up with their livestock and their tents; they would come xlike locusts in number—both they and their camels could not be counted—so that they laid waste the land as they came in. 6And Israel was brought very low because of Midian. And the people of Israel ycried out for help to the Lord.
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