Midianite kings often decorated their camels with gold or silver pendants in the shape of a crescent moon (8:21). They may have believed the crescents were magic, since many of Israel's neighbors worshiped the moon. Crescents are mentioned in Isaiah 3:16-18 as part of the "finery" that the Lord will take away from the "daughters of Zion."
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