Numbers 25:15

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and the name of the woman who is smitten, the Midianitess, <FI>is<Fi> Cozbi daughter of Zur, head of a people--of the house of a father in Midian <FI>is<Fi> he.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 25:15 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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 came because of Peor.”
  2. 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.
  3. 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 Reba), the princes of Sihon who lived in the land.

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