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Numbers 31:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Numbers 31:17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 [a]Now kill, therefore, every male among the children and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.
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- 31:17 There are later references to Midian in Jgs 6–8; 1 Kgs 11:18; Is 60:6. The present raid was only against those Midianites who were dwelling at this time near the encampment of the Israelites.
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