Deuteronomy 20:13 commands striking every male in captured cities, paralleling the execution of Midianite males here.

Deuteronomy 20:14 codifies the same wartime policy: kill all males but spare women and children as plunder.

Judges 21:11 applies the same principle to the Benjamite war: kill all males and non-virgin women.

1 Kings 11:15 recounts David's slaughter of every male in Edom—a parallel total destruction of a people.

1 Kings 11:16 continues the same Edom campaign: Joab spent six months killing every male.

Psalm 83:9 recalls God's victory over Midian, referencing this battle as a model for divine judgment against Israel's enemies.