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Numbers 23:28

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23:28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness. 1 

Numbers 25:18

Context
25:18 because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived 2  you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, 3  their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor.”

Numbers 31:16

Context
31:16 Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor – which resulted in the plague among the community of the Lord!
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[23:28]  1 tn Or perhaps as a place name, “Jeshimon” (cf. 21:20).

[25:18]  2 tn This is the same word as that translated “treachery.”

[25:18]  3 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.



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