And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”
And this is the thing which ye do; every male, and every woman knowing the lying of a male, ye devote.'
And this is the thing which ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain with man.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJudges — The post-conquest slide into cyclical apostasy. Twelve judges delivering Israel from successive oppressors, a pattern repeating seven times, and an appendix whose violence diagnoses a nation with no king.
- Author
- Anonymous; rabbinic tradition attributes to Samuel (Bava Batra 14b)
- Date
- Events c. 1375–1050 BC; compilation during the early monarchy