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	JewishEncyclopedia.com - MIDIAN AND MIDIANITES: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Toward the close of the forty years' wandering of the children of Israel in the wilderness, the Midianites were allied with the Moabites in the attempt to exterminate the Israelites.
		The Midianites seem to have been then a powerful and independent nation; they allied themselves with the Amalekites and the children of the East, and they oppressed the Israelites so severely that the last-named were obliged to seek refuge in caves and strongholds; they destroyed their crops and reduced them to extreme poverty (ib.
		The allied army of Midianites and Amalekites encamped in the valley of Jezreel (ib.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=585&letter=M&search=Midian (888 words)

	Judges 7:12 The Midianites and the Amalekites and all
		The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude.
		And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude.
		And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
	bible.cc /judges/7-12.htm (391 words)

	Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume I (Genesis to Deuteronomy) \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		The Midianites were the posterity of Abraham by Keturah, Gen.
		God would have the Midianites chastised, an inroad made upon that part of their country which lay next to the camp of Israel, and which was probably more concerned in that mischief than the Moabites, who therefore were let alone.
		But the Midianites justifying what they had done, and standing by those that had done it, the Israelites attacked them with fire and sword, and all the pious fury with which their zeal for God and their people inspired them.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/henry/mhc1.iv.xxxii.html (3786 words)

	Midian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Midianites seem to have been then a powerful and independent nation; they allied themselves with the Amalekites and the Kedemites, and they oppressed the Israelites so severely that many were obliged to seek refuge in caves and strongholds; Midianite raiders destroyed crops and reduced them to extreme poverty.
		The allied army of Midianites and Amalekites encamped in the valley of Jezreel
		The Midianites have been tentatively connected by some scholars with the remnants of the Hyksos that were driven out of Egypt and made their home in the desert.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Midian (1503 words)

	Moses and the Midianites
		The Israelites captured the Midianite women and children and took all the Midianite herds, flocks and goods as plunder.
		The Midianites conspired with the Moabites to curse Israel (Num 22:1-7).
		When the curse was turned into a blessing instead (24:10-11), the Moabite and Midianite woman agreed to seduce the Israelite men and in doing so entice them to serve their idols (25:1-9, 31:15-16, Rev 2:14).
	www.rationalchristianity.net /numbers31.html (803 words)

	Midianites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Midianites were a people dwelling south and east of Palestine, in the desert north of the Arabian Peninsula.
		In the time of Joseph the Midianites were so closely associated with some Ismaelites that it is difficult to define their relationship; perhaps they were a group of Midianite merchantmen in an Ishmaelite caravan (Genesis 37:25, 27, 28, 36).
		It is thought that from the beginning the Midianites and Ishmaelites intermarried, roaming the northern part of the Arabian Desert.
	www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/m/midianites.html (464 words)

	Vengeance on the Midianites
		Moses, however, is incensed at this, as these are the same women who led Israel astray with the Moabites—and he commands that all but the virgins among them be put to death (verses 14-18).
		We learn that it was the "counsel of Balaam" that the Midianite women followed when they caused the children of Israel to sin against God, resulting in the plague that cost 24,000 lives.
		Rather, he died by the edge of the sword—being justly put to death along with the Midianites by the Israelites at God's command (verse 8).
	www.ucgstp.org /bible/brp/num31.htm (613 words)

	Judges: The misery of sin
		During Israel’s wanderings in the wilderness, the Midianites conspired with the Moabites to hire Balaam to curse the Israelites (Numbers 22:4-7).
		When that plot failed, Midianite and Moabite women seduced the Israelites into worshiping Baal, thus causing God to be angry with Israel (Numbers 25:1-9).
		Gideon’s army watched as the Midianites panicked and retreated in disorder, without a single Israelite needing to draw a sword (verse 22).
	www.wcg.org /lit/bible/hist/judges4.htm (1626 words)

	Daily Radio Broadcast::Gideon Hesitates at the Call of God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Midianites' devastating new military weapon was the camel.
		For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number, and they entered into the land to destroy it.
		This time the Midianites would cross the desert in huge numbers, they'd come on their swift and thirstless camels, and then they'd cross the Jordan River and simply overwhelm the local Israelite farmers.
	www.backtothebible.org /broadcasts/radio/today.php/964?page=3 (3002 words)

	MidianitesExodusIronI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Midianite wares distribution map notes that sherds were reported at Amman in Transjordan and Tell el Kheleifh near the Gulf of Aqabah, but Rothenberg at the time of publication, 1983, stated he had not physically inspected these sherds, but relied archaeological reports.
		Also of interest was his finding of Midianite sherds on the coral isalnd of Jezirat Faraun, "the island of Pharaoh" which he has proposed might be biblical Ezion Geber, a site appearing in the Exodus wanderings.
		To date, the archaeological data has failed to substantiate the presence of Amalekites or Midianites in the Southern Sinai, but their presence is suggested in other areas that Israel is said to have wandered in, the Negev, the Arabah (the so-called "way to the Red Sea"), Edom, Transjordan and the HIll Country of Canaan.
	www.bibleorigins.net /MidianitesExodusIronI.html (3207 words)

	Honesty- Powerful and Free
		The Midianites were at least loosely associated with others of this group, including the Ishmaelites (Gen. 37:28; Judg.
		At Moab, just before the conquest of Canaan, the Midianites were among those who practiced sexual immorality as part of the ritual of their idolatrous religion.
		The Israelites were driven into the hill country as the Midianites and other easterners raided their territory, plundering crops and cattle for seven years (Judg.
	www.justinhawley.com /honesty.html (1534 words)

	What about God’s cruelty against the Midianites
		Numbers 31:16 informs us the ‘[the Midianite women] were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and were the means of turning the Israelites away from the LORD in what happened at Peor, so that a plague struck the LORD’s people.’ (Apparently the Midianites were in Moab giving military advice to the Moabites at this time).
		The Midianite princes agree to let Balaam appeal to the Midianite people (especially the women: “they are the ones who followed Balaam’s advice”) to enlist their aid in using sex as a weapon against Israel.
		And it wasn’t even characteristic of all of the Midianites—many of the Midianites were only ‘semi-bad’, some of them were good, some of them were ‘okay’…but this little pocket of Midianites perpetrated this de-personalizing and de-humanizing atrocity on their own families, on some of the Moabite women, and on many of the Israelite families.
	www.christian-thinktank.com /midian.html (8584 words)

	Who purchased Joseph, the Ishmaelites or the Midianites? Genesis 37:28 and Genesis 37:36
		Midianites (Genesis 37:36) - "Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh’s officer, the captain of the bodyguard."
		The Midianites were descendants of Midian, a son of Abraham and his concubine Keturah (Genesis 25:1-2).
		Additionally, "The term ‘Midianite’ probably identified a confederation of tribes that roamed far beyond this ancestral homeland, a usage that explains the biblical references to Midianites in Sinai, Canaan, the Jordan Valley, Moab, and Transjordan’s eastern desert.
	www.carm.org /diff/Gen37_28.htm (221 words)

	The killing of the Midianite Children (Num 31:17-18)
		However the Midianites had joined themselves to the Amorites who had good reason to fear God, the Israelites had already defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, the Midianites were stupid enough to join themselves to the (already) defeated Amorites.
		We are also told that the name of the Midianite woman was Cozbi daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family (v15) she was from a high ranking family, possibly a priestess.
		In the context of ancient Near East (ANE) bronze-age culture of ~1500 BC it was either the fledgling nation of Israel or the Midianites.
	www.apocalipsis.org /difficulties/midianite.htm (5889 words)

	Great Men of the Old Testament - Gideon
		And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD.
		Not long after that the Midianites, Amalakites, and the children from the east began their annual pillage and looting in the land of Israel.
		Gideon pursued the fleeing Midianites and their allies, who had crossed the Jordan River and were heading eastward.
	www.bethelcog.org /MOFGideon.htm (3148 words)

	Commentary on Psalms - Volume 3 \| Christian Classics Ethereal Library
		The Midianites derive their name from Midian, the son of Abraham, by Keturah, Genesis 25:2.
		Oreb and Zeeb were two chiefs or generals of the Midianites, and were slain by the men of Ephraim in their pursuit of the Midianites, Judges 7:24, 25.
		From that astonishing and unwonted mode of granting deliverance, they came to the conclusion, that he is a wonderful worker in preserving his Church; in order to encourage themselves to entertain the fullest confidence, that in his breath alone they would have sufficient strength to overthrow all their enemies.
	www.ccel.org /ccel/calvin/calcom10.xviii.iii.html (959 words)

	How The Midianites And Other Nations Fought Against The Israelites And Beat Them, And Afflicted Their Country For Seven ...
		They also made themselves hollows under ground, and caverns, and preserved therein whatsoever had escaped their enemies; for the Midianites made expeditions in harvest-time, but permitted them to plough the land in winter, that so, when the others had taken the pains, they might have fruits for them to carry away.
		Now there were slain in this battle of the Midianites, and of their auxiliaries the Arabians, about a hundred and twenty thousand; and the Hebrews took a great prey, gold, and silver, and garments, and camels, and asses.
		However, the tribe of Ephraim was so displeased at the good success of Gideon, that they resolved to make war against him, accusing him because he did not tell them of his expedition against their enemies.
	www.interhack.net /projects/library/antiquities-jews/b5c6.html (940 words)

	Judges 6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites
		Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east, banding themselves together, went over and put up their tents in the valley of Jezreel.
		Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
		Then all the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east were assembled, and went over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel.
	bible.cc /judges/6-33.htm (299 words)

	Jasher Chapter 42
		And the Midianites cried out against them, and they drew their swords, and approached to fight with the sons of Jacob.
		13 And the Midianites were terrified on account of Simeon and the noise of his shouting, and they fell upon their faces, and were excessively alarmed.
		18 And the Midianites saw that Joseph was of a comely appearance and well-favored; they desired him in their hearts and were urgent to purchase him from his brethren.
	www.earth-history.com /Pseudepigrapha/Jas/jasher-42.htm (1958 words)

	Midianite (WebBible Encyclopedia) - ChristianAnswers.Net (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab3.cs.columbia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But the Midianites were not to be left unpunished.
		The whole of the country on the east of Jordan, now conquered by the Israelites (see SIHON; OG), was divided between the two tribes of Reuben and Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh.
		Some two hundred and fifty years after this the Midianites had regained their ancient power, and in confederation with the Amalekites and the "children of the east" they made war against their old enemies the Israelites, whom for seven years they oppressed and held in subjection.
	www.christiananswers.net.cob-web.org:8888 /dictionary/midianite.html (335 words)

	Douglas Jacoby - Q&A 0707 - Slaughter of the Midianites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As I see it, between 100,000 and 160,000 Midianites were massacred because one Israelite committed adultery with a Midianite woman (Numb.
		Of course the Midianites were based far from Israel, while the Moabites (Numbers 25) were nearer, although even in the book of Genesis we find Midianite/Ishmaelite nomads trading broadly.
		Nor was it only the Midianites who suffered; the text says there was first the plague against the Israelites, and many thousands died (Numbers 25:9).
	www.douglasjacoby.com /dajacoby/home.nsf/DailyActivity/EB4F5B5E31CC331A88256F690079AA94?OpenDocument (1049 words)

	Bible Commentary: Ishmaelites or Midianites?
		Probably, in Genesis then, the people were indeed Midianites, but they are sometimes called by their more specific name "Midianites" and sometimes by the broader term "Ishmaelites", like a Bavarian might be called Bavarian or German or a European.
		The context is Gideon's battle with the Midianites.
		Similarly you could be forcing the definition of a Midianite as strictly descendent of Midian (who lived perhaps more than a hundred years before Joseph), when maybe such a definition was not necessarily correct at the time Joseph was sold into slavery..
	www.answering-islam.org /BibleCom/gen37-25.html (2441 words)

	How The Hebrews Fought With The Midianites, And Overcame Them
		Now the Midianites perceived beforehand how the Hebrews were coming, and would suddenly be upon them: so they assembled their army together, and fortified the entrances into their country, and there awaited the enemy's coming.
		When they were come, and they had joined battle with them, an immense multitude of the Midianites fell; nor could they be numbered, they were so very many: and among them fell all their kings, five in number, viz.
		Evi, Zur, Reba, Hur, and Rekem, who was of the same name with a city, the chief and capital of all Arabia, which is still now so called by the whole Arabian nation, Arecem, from the name of the king that built it; but is by the Greeks called.
	www.interhack.net /projects/library/antiquities-jews/b4c7.html (607 words)

	Rabbis-Notebook - Pinchas - Torah.org
		The purpose of commanding the Jews to hate the Midianites in addition to waging war with them was to counter the effect that the sinning had on the soul of the nation.
		However, the Midianites and Moabites, following the advice of Billam, went out of their way to pervert the purity of our hearts and expose us to sinning for the sake of carnal desire.
		The Mitzvah of hating the Midianites as explained by the Ohr Hachayim, was intended to counter the damage Billam and the Midianites had done to the purity of our hearts.
	www.torah.org /learning/rabbis-notebook/5760/pinchas.html?print=1 (1246 words)

	Bible Topics: Midianites
		Genesis 37:28 Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
		And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds.
		Judges 6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel.
	www.bible-topics.com /Midianites.html (1919 words)

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		Gideon is noted for the fact that he was the leader of the people who removed the Midianites from the land of the Israelites and eliminated their bondage.
		The Midianites were so cruel to the Israelites that they had to run from the cities and from their farms and live in hiding places.
		Whenever the Midianites knew where the Israelites were growing their grain, the Midianites came and took it away as it was ready to harvest.
	www.flash.net /~wbc1/SS2/SS2-08.html (2605 words)

	Gideon and the 300 Men
		The Midianites were stronger than Israel and the people of Israel hid from them in caves and other safe places in the hills.
		The Midianite camp was in the valley to the north of them by Moreh Hill The LORD said Gideon, "The men you have are too many for me to give them victory over the Midianites.
		The Midianites, the Amalekites, and the desert tribesman were spread out in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and they had as many camels as there are grains of sand on the seashore.
	www.amazingchange.org /story_Gideon.htm (1851 words)

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