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midianites

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noun

  1. plural of Midianite

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"The Babylonians, Chaldeans, Egyptians, Canaanites, Midianites, Ethiopians of Abyssinia, Syrians, and other contemporary nations, had sunk into gross idolatry long before the time of Moses."
Ignatius DonnellyRagnarok : the Age of Fire and GravelProject Gutenberg ebook #5109
He sent his chosen people out to destroy the Midianites, and they slew all the males, but this was not sufficient, and Moses was wroth, and commanded them to kill all the married women, and to take the single women "for themselves".
Upton SinclairThe Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic InterpretationProject Gutenberg ebook #1558
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If it was a miraculous interposition in behalf of the Jews, the Lord could have scared the Midianites out of their wits without the smashed pitchers and lanterns; and certain it is the pitchers and lanterns would not have done the work with out a miraculous interposition.
Ignatius DonnellyAtlantis: The Antedeluvian WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #4032