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In verses 1 and 2, Yahweh reminded Moses to take revenge on the Midianites as instructed in Numbers 25:16–18, as his last act before his death. [1] [3] Accordingly, Moses instructed a thousand men of each of the Twelve Tribes of Israel – 12,000 in total, under Phinehas' leadership – to attack Midian. [2]
Moses travels through the night and eventually reaches Midian, where he assists young girls in escaping from boys who were bullying them. They then bring him to their father, Jethro, the chief of Midian, who takes a liking to Moses right away. Moses agrees to use his military skills to assist Jethro in ridding the land of Midian of thieves.
Jethro and Moses (watercolor circa 1900 by James Tissot) Jethro is called a priest of Midian and became father-in-law of Moses after he gave his daughter, Zipporah, in marriage to Moses. He is introduced in Exodus 2:18. Jethro is recorded as living in Midian, a territory stretching along the eastern edge of the Gulf of Aqaba, northwestern Arabia.
Moses, son of Levitical parents [16] but adopted into the family of the Pharaoh, murders an Egyptian slavemaster for harshly beating an Israelite slave. To escape punishment, he flees to the land of Midian, where he rescues a Midianite woman named Zipporah and her sisters from belligerents taking water from their well. As his reward, he takes ...
move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Etymology ... Moses [a] was a prophet who led ... after the Israelite army returned from conquering Midian, Moses orders the killing of ...
Five kings of Midian slain by Israel (illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible) Midian was the son of Abraham. [21] Abraham's great-grandson Joseph, after being thrown into a pit by his brothers, was sold to either Midianites or Ishmaelites. [22] Moses spent 40 years in voluntary exile in Midian after killing an Egyptian. [23]
Moses consented and went to his father-in-law, Jethro, [79] to obtain permission to leave Midian, [80] for he had promised not to leave Midian without his sanction. Moses departed with his wife and children and met Aaron , [ 81 ] who told him it was not right to take them into Egypt since the attempt was being made to lead the Israelites out of ...
Therefore, Moses sent Zipporah and their two sons back to her family in Midian. This assuaged God's wrath and spared Moses's life. It was only after the parting of the Red Sea and the Israelites' miraculous escape from Egypt that Moses's father-in-law Jethro brought Zipporah and her sons to rejoin Moses at the Israelite camp in the desert.