Numbers 31:18
וְכֹל הַטַּף בַּנָּשִׁים אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ יָדְעוּ מִשְׁכַּב זָכָר הַחֲיוּ לָכֶֽם ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
In Context
17וְעַתָּה הִרְגוּ כָל ־ זָכָר בַּטָּף וְכָל ־ אִשָּׁה יֹדַעַת אִישׁ לְמִשְׁכַּב זָכָר הֲרֹֽגוּ ׃
Cross References
Deuteronomy 20:14רַק הַנָּשִׁים וְהַטַּף וְהַבְּהֵמָה וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר יִהְיֶה בָעִיר כָּל ־ שְׁלָלָהּ תָּבֹז לָךְ וְאָֽכַלְתָּ אֶת ־ שְׁלַל אֹיְבֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לָֽךְ ׃
2 Chronicles 28:8וַיִּשְׁבּוּ בְנֵֽי ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵֽאֲחֵיהֶם מָאתַיִם אֶלֶף נָשִׁים בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת וְגַם ־ שָׁלָל רָב בָּזְזוּ מֵהֶם וַיָּבִיאוּ אֶת ־ הַשָּׁלָל לְשֹׁמְרֽוֹן ׃ ס
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 →