The Priest of Midian; not of idols, for then Moses would not have married into his family; but of the true God; for some such were in those ancient times here and there, as appears by Melchisedek, though his manner of worshipping God might be superstitious and corrupt: or the Hebrew cohen may here signify a prince, or a potentate, as Genesis 41:45. Nor doth the employment of his daughters contradict that translation, both because principalities were then many of them very small and mean, and because this employment then was esteemed noble, and worthy of great men's daughters, as appears from Genesis 24:15, Genesis 29:6, &c.
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Exodus 2:16
16 Now the priestc of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.