3 And all that may pass through the fire, shall be purified by fire, but whatsoever cannot abide the fire, shall be sanctified with the water of expiation:
Numbers 31:17 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision 2 Gold, and silver, and brass, and iron, and lend, and tin, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who is not a virgin. American Standard Version (1901) Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. Common English Bible Now kill every male child and every female who has known a man intimately by sleeping with him. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, put to death all of them: whatever is of the male sex, even among the little ones, and cut the throats of those women who have known men by sexual relations. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women that have carnally known men. |
3 And all that may pass through the fire, shall be purified by fire, but whatsoever cannot abide the fire, shall be sanctified with the water of expiation:
8 Lest they teach you to do all the abominations which they have done to their gods: and you should sin against the Lord your God.
Not because you surpass all nations in number, is the Lord joined unto you, and hath chosen you, for you are the fewest of any people:
5 And all Israel was very sorry, and repented for the destroying of one tribe out of Israel.