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Midian in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("strife".) Abraham's son by Keturah (Genesis 25:2). The race occupied the desert N. of Arabia, and southwards the E. of the Elanitic gulf of the Red Sea; northwards, along the E. of Israel. The oases of Sinai too were included in their "land," because they had pasturage stations there. As merchants passing through Israel from Gilead to Egypt,...

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Milalai in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mil-a-la'-i, mil'-a-li (milalay): A Levite musician (Neh 12:36)....

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Mishael in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(who is what God is?). 1. One of the sons of Uzziel, the uncle of Aaron and Moses. Ex 6:22 when Nadab and Abihu were struck dead for offering strange fire, Mishael and his brother Elzaphan, at the command of Moses, removed their bodies from the sanctuary, and buried them without the camp, their loose-fitting tunics serving for winding-sheets....

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Midian in Hitchcock's Bible Names

judgment; covering; habit...

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Milalai in Naves Topical Bible

-A priest who took part in the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem Ne 12:36...

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Mishael in Easton's Bible Dictionary

who is like God! (1.) A Levite; the eldest of the three sons of Uzziel (Ex. 6:22). (2.) One of the three Hebrew youths who were trained with Daniel in Babylon (Dan. 1:11, 19), and promoted to the rank of Magi. He and his companions were afterwards cast into the burning fiery furnace for refusing to worship the idol the king had set up, f...

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Mikloth in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

mik'-loth, mik'-loth (miqloth): (1) A Benjamite, son of Jeiel (1 Ch 8:32; 9:37,38). A comparison of the two passages shows that the name Mikloth has been dropped at the end of 1 Ch 8:31. (2) An officer designated "the ruler," appointed in the priestly course for the 2nd month (1 Ch 27:4)....

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Milalai in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(eloquent), probably a Gershonite Levite of the sons of Asaph, who assisted at the dedication of the walls of Jerusalem. Ne 12:36...

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Mikloth in Naves Topical Bible

-1. A Benjamite of Jerusalem 1Ch 8:32; 9:37,38 -2. A leader during the reign of David 1Ch 27:4...

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Mishael in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel, Aaron's uncle, buried Nadab and Abihu in their loose tunics or "coats" (Leviticus 10:4-5). Thereby being defiled, six days before the Passover (Numbers 9:15; Exodus 40:2-3; Leviticus 8:33), they probably were the men prevented from keeping the second Passover (Numbers 9:6; Numbers 1:46-49; Numbers 26:62...

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