Numbers 25:15

Translations

Modern

And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

Traditional

And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.

Literal

And the name of the woman who was killed, the Midianitess, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur; he was head of a tribe of a house of a father in Midian.

Latin

Porro mulier Madianitis, quæ pariter interfecta est, vocabatur Cozbi filia Sur principis nobilissimi Madianitarum.

Original

Hebrew

English

And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

Notes

Numbers 25:1–18

Israel was camped across the Jordan River from Jericho. They were almost ready to enter the land and begin the conquest. However, at this important moment, they fell into serious sin.

Balaam advised Israel’s enemies to lead the people into sexual immorality and idolatry at Baal-peor (31:16).

He could not harm Israel with a curse, so he chose another way. He led them into sin through lust and the worship of false gods.

The early church faced similar temptations. Believers were warned about idolatry and sexual immorality (1 Corinthians 10:6, 11).

Theme notes and profiles

Balaam Eleazar Holy War

Related verses

Numbers 31:8
Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
Joshua 13:21
…all the cities of the plateau and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon until Moses killed him and the chiefs of Midian (Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.
Numbers 25:18
For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”

People

Cozbi: Midianite woman killed for immorality with an Israelite Zur: Midianite leader killed by Phinehas

Places

Midian: A nation descended from Abraham; oppressed Israel in the time of the judges

Glossary

Areli, Arelite Balaam Cozbi Deuteronomy, Book of Idols, Idolatry Joshua, Book of Midian, Midianite Moab, Moabites Numbers, Book of Shittim (Place) Zur

Topics

Cozbi: Daughter of Zur Fear of God: Phinehas, in Turning Away the Anger of God at the Time of the Plague Israel: Punished by a Plague in Consequence, Twenty-Four Thousand People Die Phinehas: Religious Zeal of, in Killing the Israelitish Woman Who had Committed Abomination Zur: A Prince of Midian

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