They fought Midian just as Adonai had commanded Moses, and killed every male.
Judges 21:11 - Tree of Life Version Now this is the thing that you will do: you are to utterly destroy every male and every woman who has lain with a man.” 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 fought Midian just as Adonai had commanded Moses, and killed every male.
We captured all his cities at that time, and utterly put under a ban of judgment every city—men, women and children. We left no survivor.
So they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead 400 young virgins who had not known man by lying with him. They brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.