14 Now the name of the [a]dead man of Israel who was killed with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father’s household among the Simeonites. 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was (A)Cozbi the daughter of (B)Zur, [b]who was head of the people of a father’s household in Midian.

16 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 17 (C)Be hostile to the Midianites and attack them; 18 for they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was killed on the day of the plague because of Peor.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 25:14 Lit killed
  2. Numbers 25:15 Lit he

14 The name of the Israelite who was killed with the Midianite woman(A) was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.(B) 15 And the name of the Midianite woman who was put to death was Kozbi(C) daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.(D)

16 The Lord said to Moses,(E) 17 “Treat the Midianites(F) as enemies(G) and kill them.(H) 18 They treated you as enemies when they deceived you in the Peor incident(I) involving their sister Kozbi, the daughter of a Midianite leader, the woman who was killed when the plague came as a result of that incident.”

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