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  • adjective Of the Midianites.

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Examples

  • Midianitish woman, slew them both, and was imitated by the Levites, who massacred every household that consisted one-half of Midianites and the other of Jews.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • It is said in the Pentateuch that Moses was the meekest of men, and that he ordered twenty-three thousand Hebrews to be slain who had worshipped the golden calf, and twenty-four thousand more, who had, like himself, married Midianitish women.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • Midianitish woman, whilst you yourself espoused a Midianite; and yet you add, that you are the mildest of men!

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • How will you explain the anathema of the thirty-two virgins, that were the tribute of the Lord, when you took thirty-two thousand Midianitish virgins and sixty-one thousand asses?

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Mr.W. E. Hayns, of the Numismatic Society, came to the conclusion that it is a barbaric Midianitish imitation of the Greek tetradrachm, which in those days had universal currency, like the shilling and the franc.

    The Land of Midian 2003

  • The Ishmaelites might form the larger and more conspicuous part of the company, and thus give the name to the whole; but the actual purchasers of Joseph might be the Midianitish merchants among them.

    Commentary on Genesis - Volume 2 1509-1564 1996

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