Numbers 31:15

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Moses said to them, “Why did you let the women live?

Cross References

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go fight against the Amalekites. You must completely destroy the Amalekites and everything that belongs to them. Don’t let anything live; you must kill all the men and women and all of their children and little babies. You must kill all of their cattle and sheep and all of their camels and donkeys.’”

Jeremiah 48:10

Bad things will happen to those who don’t obey the Lord and don’t use their swords to kill those people.

Deuteronomy 2:34

We captured all the cities that belonged to King Sihon at that time. We completely destroyed the people in every city—the men, women, and children. We did not leave anyone alive!

Joshua 11:14

The Israelites kept for themselves all the things and all the animals they found in the cities. But they killed all the people there. They left no one alive.

Joshua 10:40

So Joshua defeated all the kings of the cities of the hill country, the Negev, the western foothills, and the eastern foothills. The Lord, the God of Israel, had told Joshua to kill all the people, so Joshua did not leave anyone alive in those places.

Joshua 8:25

All the people of Ai died that day; there were 12,000 men and women.

Joshua 6:21

The people destroyed everything in the city. They destroyed everything that was living there. They killed the young and old men, the young and old women, and the cattle, sheep, and donkeys.

Deuteronomy 20:13

And when the Lord your God lets you take the city, you must kill all the men in it.

Numbers 31:14

Moses was very angry with the leaders of the army, the commanders of 1000 men, and the commanders of 100 men, who came back from the war.

Deuteronomy 20:14

But you may take for yourselves the women, the children, the cattle, and everything else in the city. You may use all these things. The Lord your God has given these things to you.