Numbers 31:15
Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live?
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In The King James Version
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 2:34We took all his cities at that time and completely destroyed every city—men and the women and the little ones; we left no survivor.
Deuteronomy 20:16In the cities of these peoples that Yahweh your God is giving you as an inheritance, you must save alive nothing that breathes.
Joshua 8:25All those who fell that day, both men and women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.
Joshua 11:14The army of Israel took all the plunder from these cities along with the livestock for themselves. They killed every human being with the edge of the sword until all were dead. They left alive no creature that breathed.
Psalms 137:8Daughter of Babylon, soon to be destroyed— 1 may the person be blessed, whoever pays you back 1 for what you have done to us. 1
Ezekiel 9:6either old man, young man, virgin, little children or women. Kill all of them! But do not approach anyone who has the mark on his head. Begin at my sanctuary!” So they began with the elders who were in front 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 →