Numbers 25:15 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 25:15

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

BSB

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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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Commentary

1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And 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.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְשֵׁ֨ם	ve.Shem	and [the] name of	H8034 →
הָֽאִשָּׁ֧ה	ha.'i.Shah	the woman	H802 →
הַמֻּכָּ֛ה	ha.mu.Kah	who was struck down	H5221 →
הַמִּדְיָנִ֖ית	ha.mid.ya.Nit	the Midianite [woman]	H4084 →
כָּזְבִּ֣י	ka.ze.Bi	[was] Cozbi	H3579 →
בַת־	vat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
צ֑וּר	Tzur	Zur	H6698 →
רֹ֣אשׁ	rosh	[was] a leader of	H7218 →
אֻמּ֥וֹת	'u.Mot	tribes	H523 →
בֵּֽית־	beit-	a house of	H1004 →
אָ֛ב	'av	a father	H1 →
בְּמִדְיָ֖ן	be.mid.Yan	in Midian	H4080 →
הֽוּא׃ פ	Hu'	he	H1931 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
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…
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 independent 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.”
Through
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.
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.
Through
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…
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.

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