Genesis 25:2
2 aShe bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.Genesis 37:25
25Then they sat down to eat. And looking up they saw a bcaravan of cIshmaelites coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing dgum, balm, and myrrh, on their way to carry it down to Egypt.Exodus 2:16
16Now the epriest of Midian had seven daughters, and fthey came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father’s flock.Numbers 25:15
15And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of gZur, who was the tribal head of a father’s house in Midian.Numbers 25:17
17 h“Harass the Midianites and strike them down,Numbers 31:2-3
2 i“Avenge the people of Israel on the Midianites. Afterward you shall jbe gathered to your people.” 3So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the Lord’s vengeance on Midian.Numbers 31:8-9
8They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, kEvi, Rekem, lZur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed mBalaam the son of Beor with the sword. 9And the people of Israel took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and they took as plunder all their cattle, their flocks, and all their goods.Judges 6:1-3
Midian Oppresses Israel
1 nThe people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of oMidian 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 pthe caves and the strongholds. 3For whenever the Israelites planted crops, the Midianites and qthe Amalekites and rthe people of the East would come up against them.Psalms 83:9
9 Do to them as you did to sMidian,as to tSisera and Jabin at uthe river Kishon,
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