Numbers 31:17
“Now therefore kill euery male among the little ones, and kill euery woman that hath knowen man, by lying with him.”
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Numbers 31:17 Context
15And Moses said vnto them, Haue ye saued all the women aliue? 16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsell of Balaam, to commit trespasse against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the Congregation of the Lord. 17Now therefore kill euery male among the little ones, and kill euery woman that hath knowen man, by lying with him. 18But all the women children that haue not knowen a man by lying with him, keepe aliue for your selues. 19And doe yee abide without the campe seuen dayes: whosoeuer hath killed any person, and whosoeuer hath touched any slaine, purifie both your selues, and your captiues, on the third day, and on the seuenth day.
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Other Translations for Numbers 31:17
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
- King James Version
"Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man intimately.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So now put every male child to death, and every woman who has had sex relations with a man.
- Basic English Bible
And now slay every male among the little ones, and slay every woman that hath known man by lying with him,
- Darby Bible
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
- Webster's Bible
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.
- World English Bible
`And now, slay ye every male among the infants, yea, every woman known of man by the lying of a male ye have slain;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Numbers 31:17
31:17 The little ones - Which they were forbidden to do to other people, #Deu 20:14|, except the Canaanites, to whom this people had equaled themselves by their horrid crimes, and therefore it is not strange, nor unjust, that God, the supreme Lord of all mens lives, who as he gives them, so may take them away when he pleaseth, did equal them in the punishment. Every woman - Partly for punishment, because the guilt was general, and though some of them only did prostitute themselves to the Israelites, yet the rest made themselves accessary by their consent or approbation; and partly, for prevention of the like mischief from such an adulterous generation.