They did battle against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and killed every male.
Judges 21:11 - New Revised Standard Version This is what you shall do; every male and every woman that has lain with a male you shall devote to destruction.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And this is what you shall do; utterly destroy every male and every woman who is not a virgin. American Standard Version (1901) And this is the thing that ye shall do: ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. Common English Bible Here’s what you should do: Exterminate every man and every woman who has slept with a man.” Catholic Public Domain Version And this shall be what you ought to do: "Everyone of the male gender, as well as all the women who have known men, shall be put to death. But the virgins you shall reserve." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And this is what you shall observe: Every male, and all women that have known men, you shall kill, but the virgins you shall save. |
They did battle against Midian, as the Lord had commanded Moses, and killed every male.
At that time we captured all his towns, and in each town we utterly destroyed men, women, and children. We left not a single survivor.
And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins who had never slept with a man and brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.