17 (A)Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man [a]intimately. 18 However, all the [b]girls who have not known a [c]man intimately, keep alive for yourselves. 19 (B)And as for you, camp outside the camp for seven days; whoever has killed a person and whoever has touched anyone killed, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 31:17 Lit in bed with a man
  2. Numbers 31:18 Lit children among the women
  3. Numbers 31:18 Lit man’s bed

17 Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with a man,(A) 18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.

19 “Anyone who has killed someone or touched someone who was killed(B) must stay outside the camp seven days.(C) On the third and seventh days you must purify yourselves(D) and your captives.

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