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People group

Midianites

people group

Nomadic descendants of Abraham through Keturah from whom Moses took a wife and whom Gideon later defeated.

41 appearances6 Bible books2 known aliases

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A nomadic people of the deserts east and south of , descended from through . spends forty years among them and marries Zipporah, a daughter of the priest . They later seduce Israel into idolatry at , and in Judges delivers Israel from their crushing raids.

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