Numbers 31:15

And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14And Moses was angry with the chiefs of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds who had come back from the war.

16It was these who, moved by Balaam, were the cause of Israel's sin against the Lord in the question of Peor, because of which disease came on the people of the Lord.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 2:34At that time we took all his towns, and gave them over to complete destruction, together with men, women, and children; we had no mercy on any:

Deuteronomy 20:16But in the towns of these peoples whose land the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, let no living thing be kept from death:

Joshua 8:25On that day twelve thousand were put to death, men and women, all the people of Ai.

Joshua 11:14And all the goods taken from these towns, and their cattle, the children of Israel kept for themselves; but every man they put to death without mercy, till their destruction was complete, and there was no one living.

Psalms 137:8O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.

Ezekiel 9:6Give up to destruction old men and young men and virgins, little children and women: but do not come near any man who has the mark on him: and make a start at my holy place. So they made a start with the old men who were before the house.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 31:14-25

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. 15 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… Read the whole commentary →

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