The Lord objected to the mixing of the Israelite people with the local Midianites, and the resultant worshiping of Baal, and instructed Moses to slay all the Israelites who had worshiped Baal. "(WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV), International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, There have Come to Me Ransomers from among the Saints, but None. If God lets men prosper a while ... //christianbookshelf.org/watson/a body of divinity/8 the justice of god.htm, Demonstration vi. Pinchas is portrayed as a hero in the Torah and Second Temple sources for killing Zimri and his Midianite lover, Cozbi. תּו. (Numbers 25:14). Rabbinic sources struggle with the absence of any juridical process or deliberative body, which contravenes their own judicial norms, and therefore recast or minimize his act in subtle ways. | Dr. David Bernat

Thus the plague was stayed from the people of Israel. The son of Salu, a Simeonite chieftain, slain by Phinehas with the Midianitish princess Cozbi. Moses gave orders to kill all the idolaters, yet Zimri, the son of the Israelite prince Salu from the Tribe of Simeon, openly defied Moses and publicly showed his opinion to those standing at the Tabernacle entrance with Moses by going in to Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite prince Sur. The Lord objected to the mixing of the Israelite people with the local Midianites, and the resultant worshiping of Baal, and instructed Moses to slay all the Israelites who had worshiped Baal. Zimri and Cozbi go into Zimri’s tent in the sight of all Israel’s son, his brethren. --Of Monks. [3], "The political side of the Zimri-Cozbi affair", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cozbi&oldid=964687185, Articles containing Biblical Hebrew-language text, Articles containing Akkadian-language text, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 27 June 2020, at 00:09. Instead of tacitly accepting the standards of judgement established in the text and capitulating uncritically to its demands, they must be prepared to challenge its assumptions, question its insights, and (if necessary) discredit its claims. Numbers 25:15 The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian. make a hedge around the Torah (m. Avot 1:1).” While the maxim articulates a positive imperative, the ARN unit weaves a tale of the first סְיָג attempted by a single individual, Adam, on his own initiative, without consultation, which has a disastrous outcome. Cozbi (Biblical Hebrew: כָּזְבִּי‎, tr. She was slain by Phinehas at Shittim in company with "Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a fathers' house among the Simeonites" (Numbers 25:6-18). When Phin'ehas the son of Elea'zar, son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose and left the congregation, and took a spear in his hand and went after the man of Israel into the inner room, and pierced both of them, the man of Israel and the woman, through her body. 930 or 929. Nevertheless those that died by the plague were twenty-four thousand." By destroying Zimri and Cozbi, Phinehas stayed a plague on the entire Israelite group.

Standard Bible Encyclopedia COZBI. .../z/zur.htm - 10k, Woman (4043 Occurrences)... mid'-i-an-it-ish, (ha-midhyanith, "the Midianitess"): The designation given to the daughter of Zur, Cozbi, whom Zimri the son of Salu brought into the camp of .../w/woman.htm - 45k, Numbers 25:15The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian. Fifth sovereign of the separate kingdom of Israel, of which he occupied the throne for the brief period of seven days, B.C. koz'-bi (kozbi, "deceitful"): A Midianite woman, distinguished as the daughter of Zur, "head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian." Thus he struck Zimri and Cozbi in the act of uncleanness. And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down …

Cozbi (2 Occurrences) Int. The Semitic root kzbcan mean both to deceive and to be voluptuous, charming and full of sexual vigor. (4.)