Numbers 31:17

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

And now kill every male among the little ones, and every woman who has known a man by lying with him you must kill.

Latin

…ergo cunctos interficite quidquid est generis masculini, etiam in parvulis: et mulieres, quæ noverunt viros in coitu, jugulate:

Hebrew

English

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

Only young, virgin women were to be spared. They were allowed to live because they had not taken part in the sin at Baal Peor.

Theme notes and profiles

Deuteronomy 7:2
…and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
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.
Judges 21:11–12
This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”