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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Passages linked to Numbers 25:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 31:8 They 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.
- Joshua 13:21 all 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.
- Numbers 25:18 for they harassed you with their wiles, wherein they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the incident regarding 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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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Zur; one of the kings or princes or Midian,…
Zur; one of the kings or princes or Midian, Num 31:8; Jos 13:21.
Of a chief house, or, and over her father’ s house.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... This was some…
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... This was some time after the above affair happened; how long it was is not certain; and a little time before the death of Moses, see Num 31:1,
saying; as follows.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. the daughter of Zur] Zur is named as…
15. the daughter of Zur] Zur is named as one of the five Midianite kings, in Num_31:8.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) Head over a people, and of a chief…
(15) Head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian.—Better, head of the tribes (or, communities) of a father’s house in Midian. Several of the Midianitish tribes, or smaller divisions of a father’s house, may have descended from one tribe-father. In Num_31:8, Zur is described as one of the five kings of Midian who were slain by the Israelites.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Head over a people, and of a chief house…
Head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. Rather, "head of tribes (twOMau, for the use of which cf. Gen_25:16) of a father"s house in Midian." It seems to mean that several clans descended from one tribe-father looked up to Zur as their head. In Num_31:8 he is called one of the five "kings" of Midian. That the daughter of such a man should have been selected, and should have been willing, to play such a part throws a strong light upon the studied character and the peculiar danger of the seduction.
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