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Where was Midian located during Mosesās lifetime?
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Moses Showing the Tables of the Law to the People, oil painting by Rembrandt, 1659; in the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
Midian proper was located east of the Gulf of Aqaba in the northern section of the Hejaz region of Arabia.12
While the Bible does not specify the exact area where Moses resided during his time in Midian, there is evidence suggesting that some Midianite clans crossed the Arabahāthe great valley south of the Dead Seaāand settled in the eastern and southern sections of the Sinai Peninsula.2