Numbers 31:16-18
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
16 Are not these they, that deceived the children of Israel by the counsel of Balaam, and made you transgress against the Lord by the sin of Phogor, for which also the people was punished?
17 Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men.
18 But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:
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Numbers 31:16-18
New International Version
16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice(A) and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident,(B) so that a plague(C) struck the Lord’s people. 17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,(D) 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
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