Numbers 31:17

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Numbers 31:17

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So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,

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KJV

King James Version

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

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World English Bible

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man by lying with him.

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American Standard Version

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

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Numbers 31

¹⁵ “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.

¹⁶ “Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

¹⁷ So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,

¹⁸ but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.

¹⁹ All of you who have killed a person or touched the dead are to remain outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and the seventh day you are to purify both yourselves and your captives.

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