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Podcast: All God's Women
Episode: Who Was Cozbi in the Bible?
Description: The Hebrew people settled awhile in Acacia Grove in Moab, and while they were there, the men began to commit harlotry with the women of Moab. The Moabite women invited the Hebrews to come make sacrifices to their gods, and they did.One of these Moabite women was Cozbi, daughter of Zur, a Midian king. She married Zimri, son of Salu, a leader of a father’s house among the Simeonites. She was instrumental in luring the men away from their faith in the true God and leading them to engage in immorality and worship of Baal.