Cozbi

Cozbi appears in the UPDV only at the close of the Peor incident in Numbers 25, and only twice — once when she is named as the woman killed alongside Zimri, and once when her death is folded into Yahweh's charge against Midian.

The Woman Slain at Peor

Her identification follows the killing: "And the name of the Midianitish woman who was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the people of a fathers' house in Midian" (Num 25:15). The verse fixes her ethnicity, her father's name, and her father's standing — she is not an obscure foreigner but the daughter of a Midianite clan-head.

In the Matter of Peor

The second mention places her death inside a larger indictment. Yahweh tells Israel that Midian must be treated as an enemy "for they vex you⁺ with their wiles, with which they have beguiled you⁺ in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor" (Num 25:18). Here her father's title rises — "the prince of Midian" — and "their sister" identifies her as one of Midian's own. "The matter of Cozbi" is named alongside "the matter of Peor" as a parallel charge, and her death is dated "on the day of the plague."

The umbrella is built from these two mentions and goes no further. Cozbi is named, situated within Midianite leadership, and tied to Peor and the plague that followed.