Numbers 31:15 ““Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.”

Numbers 31:15

“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

Moses said to them, “Have you saved all the women alive?

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?

Darby Translation

and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

Young's Literal Translation

And Moses saith unto them, 'Have ye kept alive every female?

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

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

1 Samuel 15:3 Deuteronomy 2:34 Jeremiah 48:10 Deuteronomy 20:13 Deuteronomy 20:16–18 Joshua 6:21

1 Samuel 15:3 · BSB

Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

Deuteronomy 2:34 · BSB

At that time we captured all his cities and devoted to destruction the people of every city, including women and children. We left no survivors.

Jeremiah 48:10 · BSB

Cursed is the one who is remiss in doing the work of the LORD, and cursed is he who withholds his sword from bloodshed.

Deuteronomy 20:13 · BSB

When the LORD your God has delivered it into your hand, you must put every male to the sword.

Deuteronomy 20:16–18 · BSB

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.

Joshua 6:21 · BSB

With the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

14But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.

16“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

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