Numbers 25:15
And the Madianite woman, that was slain with him, was called Cozbi the daughter of Sur, a most noble prince among the Madianites.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Porro mulier Madianitis, quæ pariter interfecta est, vocabatur Cozbi filia Sur principis nobilissimi Madianitarum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ὄνομα τῇ γυναικὶ τῇ Μαδιανείτιδι τῇ πεπληγυίᾳ Χασβεί, θυγάτηρ Σοὺρ ἄρχοντος ἔθνους Ὀμμόθ· οἴκου πατριᾶς ἐστιν τῶν Μαδιάν.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וְשֵׁ֨ם הָֽאִשָּׁ֧ה הַמֻּכָּ֛ה הַמִּדְיָנִ֖ית כָּזְבִּ֣י בַת צ֑וּר רֹ֣אשׁ אֻמּ֥וֹת בֵּֽית אָ֛ב בְּמִדְיָ֖ן הֽוּא
The Fathers on this verse
Aphrahat Aphrahat: Select Demonstrations, Of Monks
3. For it was through Eve that he came in upon Adam, and Adam was enticed because of his inexperience. And again he came in against Joseph through his master’s wife, but Joseph was acquainted with his craftiness and would not afford him a hearing. Through a woman he fought with Samson, until he took away his Nazariteship. Reuben was the first-born of all his brethren, and through his father’s wife, (the adversary) cast a blemish upon him. Aaron was the great high-priest of the house of Israel, and through Miriam his sister he envied Moses. Moses was sent to deliver the people from Egypt, and took with him the woman who advised him to shameful acts, and the Lord met with Moses, and desired to slay him, till he sent back his wife to Midian. David was victorious in all his battles, yet through means of a daughter of Eve there was found a blemish in him. …