Quotes about Midianites
So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt.
— Genesis 37:28
“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.
— Numbers 25:17
“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
— Numbers 31:2
So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.
— Numbers 31:3
and the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of the Midianites, the Israelites prepared shelters for themselves in the mountains, caves, and strongholds.
— Judges 6:2
Whenever the Israelites would plant their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east would come up and invade them,
— Judges 6:3
For the Midianites came with their livestock and their tents like a great swarm of locusts. They and their camels were innumerable, and they entered the land to ravage it.
— Judges 6:5
Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
— Judges 6:11
“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.”
— Judges 6:16
Then all the Midianites, Amalekites, and other people of the east gathered together, crossed over the Jordan, and camped in the Valley of Jezreel.
— Judges 6:33
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men who lapped the water I will save you and deliver the Midianites into your hand. But all the others are to go home.”
— Judges 7:7
Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and all the other people of the east had settled in the valley like a swarm of locusts, and their camels were as countless as the sand on the seashore.
— Judges 7:12