Numbers 31:15
13 And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
14 And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
17 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.
- KJV
- And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
- WEB
- Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?
- ASV
- And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
- DARBY
- and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
- BLB
- And Moses said to them, “Have you⁺ kept alive every female?
- ÅB
- Og Moses sa til dem: Har dere latt alle kvinner leve?
- OTB
- Han sa til dem: "Har dere spart alle kvinnene?
- B1930
- Og Moses sa til dem: Har I latt alle kvinner leve?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 2:34
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
Read in contextJeremiah 48:10
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Read in contextPsalms 137:8–9
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Read in contextJoshua 10:40
So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
Read in contextEzekiel 9:6
Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
Read in contextJoshua 11:14
And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe.
Read in contextJoshua 8:25
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
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