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Numbers 31:17

So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,

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ASV

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

KJV

Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֕הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258 →
הִרְג֥וּhir.GukillH2026 →
כָל־khol-everyH3605 →
זָכָ֖רza.KharmaleH2145 →
בַּטָּ֑ףba.Tafamong the little one[s]H2945 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand everyH3605 →
אִשָּׁ֗ה'i.ShahwomanH802 →
יֹדַ֥עַתyo.Da.'at[who has] knownH3045 →
אִ֛ישׁ'isha manH376 →
לְמִשְׁכַּ֥בle.mish.Kavto [the] lying ofH4904 →
זָכָ֖רza.Khara maleH2145 →
הֲרֹֽגוּ׃ha.Ro.gukillH2026 →

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1 Samuel 15:3Now 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 20:16–18However, 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.Deuteronomy 7:2and when the LORD your God has delivered them over to you to defeat them, then you must devote them to complete destruction. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.Judges 21:11–12This is what you are to do: Devote to destruction every male, as well as every female who has had relations with a man.”1 Kings 11:15Earlier, when David was in Edom, Joab the commander of the army had gone to bury the dead and had struck down every male in Edom.Genesis 34:25Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.Genesis 34:28They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.Genesis 4:1And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.

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The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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