Bilangan 25:3
Konteks25:3 When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, 1 the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel.
Bilangan 25:18
Konteks25:18 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.”
[25:3] 1 tn The verb is “yoked” to Baal-peor. The word is unusual, and may suggest the physical, ritual participation described below. It certainly shows that they acknowledge the reality of the local god.
[25:3] sn The evidence indicates that Moab was part of the very corrupt Canaanite world, a world that was given over to the fertility ritual of the times.
[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.