¹⁵ And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of ^(A)Zur; he was head of the people of a father’s house in Midian.

¹⁶ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ^17 (B)“Harass the Midianites, and ^[a]attack them; ¹⁸ for they harassed you with their ^(C)schemes^[b] by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague because of Peor.”

Vengeance on the Midianites

31 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ^2 (A)“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the children of Israel. Afterward you shall ^(B)be gathered to your people.”

³ So Moses spoke to the people, saying, “Arm some of yourselves for war, and let them go against the Midianites to take vengeance for the Lord on ^(C)Midian.

^21 (A)all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, ^(B)whom Moses had struck ^(C)with the princes of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, who were princes of Sihon dwelling in the country.