And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.
Parallel translations
- WEB The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur. He was head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian.
- KJV 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.
- BSB And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
- NKJV And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a father’s house in Midian.
- NLT The woman’s name was Cozbi; she was the daughter of Zur, the leader of a Midianite clan.
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Quick answer
The Midianite woman is named Cozbi, daughter of a Midianite tribal head. Her identity links the sin to Midian's deliberate role in seducing Israel.
Overview
Cozbi was the daughter of a Midianite chief, marking this as not merely a private act but part of Midian's involvement in leading Israel astray. Her standing helps explain the coming command against Midian. The naming connects the personal sin to the larger conspiracy that endangered the covenant nation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Num 31:8They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
- Josh 13:21all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
- Num 25:18for they harassed you with their wiles, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.”
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