Numbers 31:14-18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
14 But Moses became furious with the officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds, who were returning from the military campaign. 15 “Have[a] you let every female live?” he asked them. 16 “Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam’s advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the Lord in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the Lord’s community.(A) 17 So now, kill all the male children and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man, 18 but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not had sexual relations.
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- Numbers 31:15 Sam, LXX, Syr, Vg read Why have
Numbers 31:14-18
Lexham English Bible
14 But Moses was angry toward the leaders of the troops, the commanders of the thousands and the commanders of the hundreds, who came from the battle of the war. 15 And Moses said to them, “You have kept alive every female? 16 Behold, these women caused[a] the Israelites,[b] by the word of Balaam, to be in apostasy against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, so that the plague was among the community of Yahweh. 17 Now kill every male among the little children, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man.[c] 18 But all the females who have not had sexual intercourse with a man,[d] keep alive for yourselves.
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- Numbers 31:16 Literally “were to”
- Numbers 31:16 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- Numbers 31:17 Literally “who has known the bed of a male”
- Numbers 31:18 Literally “who has known the bed of a male”
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