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Numbers 25:18
New English Translation
Numbers 25:18
New English Translation
18 because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived[a] you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian,[b] their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor.”
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- Numbers 25:18 tn This is the same word as that translated “treachery.”
- Numbers 25:18 sn Cozbi’s father, Zur, was one of five Midianite kings who eventually succumbed to Israel (Num 31:8). When the text gives the name and family of a woman, it is asserting that she is important, at least for social reasons, among her people.
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