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Zur (father of Cozbi)

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Father of Cozbi. Numbers 25:15 calls him head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian, and 25:18 calls Cozbi the daughter of the prince of Midian. This collection keeps him apart from the Zur of Numbers 31:8 and does not decide whether they are the same man.

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NUM 25:15, engwebp
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.
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NUM 25:16–18, engwebp
¹⁶The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
¹⁷“Harass the Midianites, and strike them;
¹⁸for they harassed you with their wiles, wherein they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the incident regarding Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor.”
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Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.

Unresolved interpretation: Zur the king of Midian and Zur the father of Cozbi

Numbers 25:15 names Cozbi, the Midianite woman who was slain, the daughter of Zur, and calls Zur head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian.
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- NUM 25:15, engwebp
  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.
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Numbers 31:8 names Zur among the five kings of Midian killed when Israel fought Midian. It does not say whether he is Cozbi’s father.
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- NUM 31:7–12, engwebp
  ⁷They fought against Midian, as the LORD commanded Moses. They killed every male.
  ⁸They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
  ⁹The children of Israel took the women of Midian captive with their little ones; and all their livestock, all their flocks, and all their goods, they took as plunder.
  ¹⁰All their cities in the places in which they lived, and all their encampments, they burned with fire.
  ¹¹They took all the captives, and all the plunder, both of man and of animal.
  ¹²They brought the captives with the prey and the plunder, to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan at Jericho.
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Two verses name a Midianite Zur, once as head of a fathers’ house and once as a king. This collection records them separately and does not decide whether they are the same man.

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Zur (father of Cozbi) — Father of — Cozbi

Evidence: Numbers 25:15

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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.

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Entry: Zur (father of Cozbi) (person-zur-cozbi)
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Current wording: Father of Cozbi. Numbers 25:15 calls him head of the people of a fathers’ house in Midian, and 25:18 calls Cozbi the daughter of the prince of Midian. This collection keeps him apart from the Zur of Numbers 31:8 and does not decide whether they are the same man.
Cited evidence: NUM 25:15, engwebp / NUM 25:16–18, engwebp
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