Numbers 25:18

25:18 because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived ¹  you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, ²  their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor.”

Numbers 36:3

36:3 Now if they should be married to one of the men ³  from another Israelite tribe, their inheritance would be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. ⁴  As a result, it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance.

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¹ tn This is the same word as that translated “treachery.”

² sn Cozbi’s father, Zur, was one of five Midianite kings who eventually succumbed to Israel (Num 31:8). When the text gives the name and family of a woman, it is asserting that she is important, at least for social reasons, among her people.

³ tn “Men” is understood; it says “to one from the sons of the tribes of the Israelites for a wife,” or if he has her for a wife.

⁴ tn Heb “which they will be to them,” meaning, to those who have them, i.e., the marriages.