Numbers 25:15
in Numbers 25And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the name of the Midianitish woman that 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.
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This verse in Numbers 25
Commentary
2 notes on this verseAnd the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur,.... One of the five kings of Midian, Num 31:8 and so the Samaritan Chronicle says (k), it was the daughter of a king that came to a prince of the tribe of Simeon, and enticed him to eat of her food, and worship her idols.
This site's exposition
was Zimri, the son of Salu
on Numbers 25:14-16
The names come after the act, and both belong to ruling houses. Zimri is a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites, and Cozbi is the daughter of Zur, whom Numbers 31:8 lists among the five kings of Midian killed in the war this chapter orders. Simeon numbered fifty nine thousand three hundred at Numbers 1:23 and twenty two thousand two hundred at Numbers 26:14, the largest decrease of any tribe between the two counts, and Numbers draws no line between that figure and this chapter.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְשֵׁ֨ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| הָֽאִשָּׁ֧ה | haishah | the woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| הַמֻּכָּ֛ה | hamukah | who was struck down | H5221 → | 499 times |
| הַמִּדְיָנִ֖ית | hamidyanit | the Midianite [woman] | H4084 → | 7 times |
| כָּזְבִּ֣י | kazebi | [was] Cozbi | H3579 → | |
| בַת־ | vat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| צ֑וּר | tzur | Zur | H6698 → | |
| רֹ֣אשׁ | rosh | [was] a leader of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| אֻמּ֥וֹת | ʾumot | tribes | H523 → | |
| בֵּֽית־ | beit- | a house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| אָ֛ב | ʾav | a father | H1 → | 1212 times |
| בְּמִדְיָ֖ן | bemidyan | in Midian | H4080 → | 59 times |
| הֽוּא׃ פ | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וְשֵׁ֨םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
הָֽאִשָּׁ֧הthe woman
haishahH802 →781 times
הַמֻּכָּ֛הwho was struck down
hamukahH5221 →499 times
הַמִּדְיָנִ֖יתthe Midianite [woman]
hamidyanitH4084 →7 times
כָּזְבִּ֣י[was] Cozbi
kazebiH3579 →
בַת־[the] daughter of
vat-H1323 →588 times
צ֑וּרZur
tzurH6698 →
רֹ֣אשׁ[was] a leader of
roshH7218 →599 times
אֻמּ֥וֹתtribes
ʾumotH523 →
בֵּֽית־a house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
אָ֛בa father
ʾavH1 →1212 times
בְּמִדְיָ֖ןin Midian
bemidyanH4080 →59 times
הֽוּא׃ פhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 25:18For 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…
it leads to
- Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
- Exodus 32:21
“What did this people do to you,” Moses asked Aaron, “that you have led them into so great a sin?”
- Genesis 26:10
“What is this you have done to us?” asked Abimelech. “One of the people could easily have slept with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”
- Revelation 2:14
Through
Numbers 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
it leads to
- Joshua 13:21–22
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…
- Jude 1:11
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
- Joshua 13:21–22
Through
Joshua 13:21all 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…
it leads to
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 3:10
all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead, and all of Bashan as far as the cities of Salecah and Edrei in the kingdom of Og.
- Numbers 31:8
Where this verse is studied
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.
