Cozbi

thumb|Phinehas kills Zimri and Cozbi the Madianite (J. Winghe, 1570-1603) According to the Hebrew Bible, Cozbi was a Midianite princess. Quotes about And indeed, one of the children of Israel came and presented to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses [...] Now when Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose from among the congregation and took a javelin in his hand; and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her body. So the plague was stopped among the children of Israel. [...] And the name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a father’s house in Midian. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Harass the Midianites, and attack them; for they harassed you with their schemes by which they seduced you in the matter of Peor and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a leader of Midian, their sister, who was killed in the day of the plague because of Peor.” Book of Numbers 15:7-9;15-18 NKJV. See also Zimri (prince) Category:BCE births Category:BCE deaths Category:People from the Bible