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Midian, Midianites
Facts
Midian was a people group located in the northern Arabian Desert to the south of the land of Canaan. The people of that group were called "Midianites."
- Midian existed from around the 19th to the 11th centuries B.C.
- Joseph was taken to Egypt by a group of Midianite slave traders.
- Many years later the Midianites attacked and raided the Israelites in the land of Canaan. Gideon led the Israelites in defeating them.
- Many of the modern-day Arabian tribes are descendants of this group.