Numeri 25:15

15 E la donna che fu uccisa, la Madianita, si chiamava Cozbi, figliuola di Tsur, capo della gente di una casa patriarcale in Madian.

Numeri 25:15 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 25:15

And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was
Cozbi, the daughter of Zur
One of the five kings of Midian, ( Numbers 31:8 ) and so the Samaritan Chronicle says ^F11, it was the daughter of a king that came to a prince of the tribe of Simeon, and enticed him to eat of her food, and worship her idols. The Targum of Jonathan says she was called Selonae, the daughter of Balak, chief of the nation of Moab, whose habitation was in Midian:

he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian;
that is, Zur, the father of Cozbi, was; there were five sons of Midian, whose names are given, ( Genesis 25:4 ) from whence Jarchi concludes, that there were five principal families in Midian, and that this man was the head or chief of one of them, which is not improbable; and that also makes for the honour of Phinehas, that he spared not any for their rank and quality, of whatsoever nation they were.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 Apud Hottinger, ut supra. (Smergma Oriental, l. 1. c. 8. p. 448.)

Numeri 25:15 In-Context

13 che sarà per lui e per la sua progenie dopo di lui l’alleanza d’un sacerdozio perpetuo, perch’egli ha avuto zelo per il suo Dio, e ha fatta l’espiazione per i figliuoli d’Israele".

14 Or l’uomo d’Israele che fu ucciso con la donna Madianita, si chiamava Zimri, figliuolo di Salu, capo di una casa patriarcale dei Simeoniti.

15 E la donna che fu uccisa, la Madianita, si chiamava Cozbi, figliuola di Tsur, capo della gente di una casa patriarcale in Madian.

16 Poi l’Eterno parlò a Mosè, dicendo:

17 "Trattate i Madianiti come nemici e uccideteli,