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Moses fled to the land of Midian which was in the northwest Arabian Peninsula. This account is found in the Bible in the book of Exodus.Exodus 2:15 When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh and went to live in Midian, where he sat down by a well.
The shepherds were from the tribe of Midian, and Jethro's daughters were being harassed by them at a well when Moses intervened and saved them. Jethro, also known as Reuel, was a priest of Midian and father-in-law to Moses.
The spiritual leader of the Midianites.Midian is the son of Abraham (Gen. 25:1-2)It reads, "Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. And she him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah." (Gen. 25:1-2) And the sons of Midian: Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abida, and Eldaah,..." (Gen.25:4)Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. (Ex. 2:15)Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. (Ex. 2:16)His name is Reuel. "And when they came to Reuel their father..." (Ex. 2:18)Moses married the Priest of Midian's daughter Zipporah."And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom:..." (Ex. 2:21-22)"Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian:..." (Ex. 3:1)
According to the Bible, Moses walked for 40 days from Egypt to Midian.
He was 40 years of age when he went to Midian. (He was 80 when he left Midian to go to Egypt and confront Pharaoh).
Moses married a daughter of Yitro, who was a priest in Midian.
MidianGenesis 2:15 Moses fled to Midian after killing a man for beating a Hebrew slave in Egypt.
There is never an exact mention of where Midian is, but it is in the wilderness not far from Ancient Egypt. Most likely, given the fact that Jethro returned to Moses after Moses crossed the Red Sea, Midian would have been in the Sinai Peninsula.
According to the Bible, after Moses killed an Egyptian and fled Egypt, he went to the land of Midian and settled there. He hid himself among the people of Midian and eventually married the daughter of a Midianite priest.
Moses father in law Jethro lived in Midian , he was a priest.
He had only one, Moses was married to a woman from the land of Midian named Zipporah.
midian..with priest jethro