KJV King James Version
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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Numbers 25:15
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.
WEB World English Bible
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.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the name of the woman who is smitten, the Midianitess, is Cozbi daughter of Zur, head of a people—of the house of a father in Midian is he.
Surrounding context — Numbers 25
12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace:
13 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, [even] the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel.
14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, [even] that was slain with the Midianitish woman, [was] Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites.
15 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.
16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them:
18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.
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וְשֵׁ֨םH8034 · shemnameהָֽאִשָּׁ֧הH802 · ish.shahwomanהַמֻּכָּ֛הH5221 · na.khahto smiteהַמִּדְיָנִ֖יתH4084 · mid.ya.niMidianiteכָּזְבִּ֣יH3579 · ko.ze.viCozbiבַת־H1323 · batdaughterצ֑וּרH6698 · tsurZurרֹ֣אשׁH7218 · roshheadאֻמּ֥וֹתH523 · um.mahpeopleבֵּֽית־H1004 · betplaceאָ֛בH1 · avfatherבְּמִדְיָ֖ןH4080 · mid.yanMidianהֽוּא׃ פH1931 · huhe/she/it
Cross-references
Numbers 31:8And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; [namely], Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.Joshua 13:21And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, [which were] dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.Numbers 25:18For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor’s sake.
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