“Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.
Numbers 31:15 - English Standard Version 2016 Moses said to them, “Have you let all 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? |
“Cursed is he who does the work of the Lord with slackness, and cursed is he who keeps back his sword from bloodshed.
Kill old men outright, young men and maidens, little children and women, but touch no one on whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the house.
And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds, who had come from service in the war.
And we captured all his cities at that time and devoted to destruction every city, men, women, and children. We left no survivors.
And when the Lord your God gives it into your hand, you shall put all its males to the sword,
but the women and the little ones, the livestock, and everything else in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as plunder for yourselves. And you shall enjoy the spoil of your enemies, which the Lord your God has given you.
So Joshua struck the whole land, the hill country and the Negeb and the lowland and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but devoted to destruction all that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel commanded.
And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock, the people of Israel took for their plunder. But every person they struck with the edge of the sword until they had destroyed them, and they did not leave any who breathed.
Then they devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.
And all who fell that day, both men and women, were 12,000, all the people of Ai.
Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”