If a person does not do what the Lord says,\par if he does not use his sword\par to kill those people,\par then bad things will happen\par to that person.\par
Numbers 31:15 - Easy To Read Version Moses said to them, “Why did you let the women live? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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? |
If a person does not do what the Lord says,\par if he does not use his sword\par to kill those people,\par then bad things will happen\par to that person.\par
Moses was very angry against the leaders of the army. He was angry against the commanders of 1,000 men and against the commanders of 100 men that came back from the war.
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!
And when the Lord your God lets you take the city, you must kill all the men in it.
But you may take for yourselves the women, the children, the cows, and everything else in the city. You may use all these things. The Lord your God has given these things to you.
So Joshua defeated all the kings of the cities of the hill country, the Negev, [48] the western foothills, and the eastern foothills. The Lord God of Israel had told Joshua to kill all the people. So Joshua did not leave anyone alive in those places.
The people of Israel kept for themselves all the things they found in the cities. They kept all the animals that they found in the city. But they killed all the people there. They did not allow any people to be left alive.
The people destroyed everything in the city. They destroyed everything that was living there. They killed the young men and old men, young women and old women, cattle, sheep, and donkeys.
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 cows and sheep and all of their camels and donkeys.’”