And the nations will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess the nations as male and female slaves in the Lord’s land; they will take captive those who were their captors and rule over those who oppressed them.
Numbers 31:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But all the young girls who have not known a man by sleeping with him, keep alive for yourselves. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves. American Standard Version (1901) But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. Common English Bible But all the young girls who have not known a man intimately by sleeping with him, spare for yourselves. Catholic Public Domain Version But the young girls, and all female virgins, reserve for yourselves. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves. |
And the nations will take them and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess the nations as male and female slaves in the Lord’s land; they will take captive those who were their captors and rule over those who oppressed them.
As for the male and female slaves whom you may have, it is from the nations around you that you may acquire male and female slaves.
Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known a man by sleeping with him.
Camp outside the camp seven days, whoever of you has killed any person or touched a corpse; purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third and on the seventh day.
You may, however, take as your plunder the women, the children, livestock, and everything else in the town, all its spoil. You may enjoy the spoil of your enemies, which the Lord your God has given you.