Cursed is he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed is he that keeps back his sword from blood.
Numbers 31:15 - King James 2000 And Moses said unto them, Have you saved all the women alive? 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 that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed is he that keeps back his sword from blood.
Slay utterly old and young, both maidens, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the elders who were before the house.
And Moses was angry with the officers of the army, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, who came from the battle.
And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall strike every male in it with the edge of the sword:
But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shall you take unto yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you.
So Joshua struck all the country of the hills, and of the South, and of the lowland, and of the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded.
And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they struck with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any that breathed.
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword.
And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.
Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.