You worship a Baal and a Moloch worse than any Midianite, for you adore the devils of your own rotten heart.

And he pursed up his lips and followed the chant, beating time with his forefinger When, like a thief, the Midianite Shall steal upon the camp, O, let him find our armour bright, And oil within our lamp!"

The third text says that Jethro, Moses's Kenite (or Midianite) father-in-law, dwelt among the people of Judah; Jethro being a priest of Midian.

Among the Midianite tribes living to the south and southeast of Palestine he found refuge and generous hospitality.