Numbers 31:15

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

Literal

And Moses said to them, “Have you kept alive every female?

Latin

…ait: Cur feminas reservastis?

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Numbers 31:14–16

Moses was angry: God had commanded the Israelites to destroy everything. But the Midianite women who had followed Balaam’s advice were allowed to live. These women had played a major role in leading Israel into sin at Baal Peor.

Theme notes and profiles

Moses

Related verses

1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
Deuteronomy 2:34
At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.
Jeremiah 48:10
Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.
Deuteronomy 20:16–18
However, in the cities of the nations that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must not leave alive anything that breathes.
Ezekiel 9:6
Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
Joshua 10:40
So Joshua conquered the whole region—the hill country, the Negev, the foothills, and the slopes, together with all their kings—leaving no survivors. He devoted to destruction everything that breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded.
Joshua 11:14
The Israelites took for themselves all the plunder and livestock of these cities, but they put all the people to the sword until they had completely destroyed them, not sparing anyone who breathed.
Psalm 137:8–9
O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
Deuteronomy 20:13
When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.
Joshua 6:21
With the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
Joshua 8:25
A total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.

People

Moses: Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt

Glossary

Balaam Deuteronomy, Book of Midian, Midianite Numbers, Book of Shittim (Place)

Topics

Abortion Captive: Cruelty to Putting to Death Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Return to the Plains of Moab: Midianites Destroyed and Balaam Slain Sanitation: Quarantine War of Extermination Woman: Frequently: Active in Instigating to Iniquity Women: Active in Instigating to Iniquity Women: Taken Captive

Numbers 31:15

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