“Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord with slackness; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.
Numbers 31:15 - Revised Standard Version Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live? Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Moses said to them, Have you let all the women live? American Standard Version (1901) And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? Common English Bible Moses said to them, “Have you let all the women live? Catholic Public Domain Version said: "Why have you spared the females? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Said: Why have you saved the women? |
“Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord with slackness; and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.
slay old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one upon whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.
And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
And we captured all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed every city, men, women, and children; we left none remaining;
and when the Lord your God gives it into your hand you shall put all its males to the sword,
but the women and the little ones, the cattle, and everything else in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as booty for yourselves; and you shall enjoy the spoil of your enemies, which the Lord your God has given you.
So Joshua defeated the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings; he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord God of Israel commanded.
And all the spoil of these cities and the cattle, the people of Israel took for their booty; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, and they did not leave any that breathed.
Then they utterly destroyed all in the city, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and asses, with the edge of the sword.
And all who fell that day, both men and women, were twelve thousand, all the people of Ai.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.’ ”