but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not gone to bed with a man.
Numbers 31:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised So now, kill every male among the dependents and kill every woman who has gone to bed with a man, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not gone to bed with a man.
When the Lord your God hands it over to you, strike down all its males with the sword.
and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you and you defeat them, you must completely destroy them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy.
The congregation sent twelve thousand brave warriors there and commanded them, ‘Go and kill the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the sword, including women and dependents.