Numbers 31:15
said: “Why have you spared the females?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:34And we seized all his cities at that time, putting to death their inhabitants: men as well as women and children. We left nothing of them,
Deuteronomy 20:16But among those cities which shall be given to you, you shall not permit anyone at all to live.
Joshua 8:25Now there were twelve thousand persons who had fallen on the same day, from man even to woman, the entire city of Ai.
Joshua 11:14And the sons of Israel divided among themselves all the plunder of these cities, and the cattle, putting to death all persons.
Psalms 137:8The Lord will provide retribution on my behalf. O Lord, your mercy is forever. Do not disdain the works of your hands.
Ezekiel 9:6Kill, even to utter destruction, old men, young men, and virgins, little ones, and women. But all upon whom you see the Tau, you shall not kill. And begin from my sanctuary.” Therefore, they began with the men among the elders, who were before the face of 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 →