Mendenhall continues in this paragraph with reference to Moses's Cushite wife, though elsewhere Zipporah is referred to as a Midianite. |
The words are not the words of a Midianite at all, but such as a Jew would be more apt to utter. |
Allegorically, his wife, the daughter of the Midianite priest, and his uncircumcised son become the symbols of his attachment to Midian. |
Round the outside of the wall, therefore, like the Midianite in the rather comical hymn, did Clare prowl and prowl. |
A little more and it will sink under the wave of the Midianite invasion. |
With three hundred chosen men Gideon made a night attack upon the Midianite host. |