Numbers 25:15
What does Numbers 25:15 mean?
A plain-English look at Numbers 25:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
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WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the woman of Midian who was put to death was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was the head of a family in Midian.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the Madianite woman, that was slain with him, was called Cozbi the daughter of Sur, a most noble prince among the Madianites.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was tribal head of a father's house in Midian.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 13:21
and all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the chiefs of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon, that dwelt in the land.
- Numbers 25:18
for they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.
- Numbers 31:8
And they slew the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
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