Take the 2-minute tour ×  Why was Kozbi bas Tzur not considered
an eshes yefas toar (a non-Jewish woman who is taken captive
during wartime and is permitted to her captor) who would then be
permitted to Zimri? This question assumes that this was a war
situation this is based on the fact that  1) All the nations of
Canaan knew that the Jews were coming to conquer them hence
Balak sought a preemptive strike (via Bilaam's curse).  2)
Sending the women to entice them was a form of (spiritual)
attack. Hence they were not offered the same military conditions
as the other nations ("just let us pass through").  Does the law
of kol haboel aramis (anyone who sleeps with a non-Jewish woman,
a zealot can kill him) supersede yefas toar?  share|improve this
question were b"y yotzei lamilchama? the EY"T is when Jewish
soldiers go out to engage in a milchemet reshut. There was
neither a going out nor an approved milchemet reshut. –  Danno
Jul 16 '12 at 23:29  3 Answers 3  This law applies only when we
dwell in Eretz Yisrael