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Text -- Numbers 31:14-18 (NET)
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The Death of the Midianite Women
31:14 But Moses was furious with the officers of the army , the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds , who had come from service in the war .
31:15 Moses said to them, “Have you allowed all the women to live ?
31:16 Look , these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor – which resulted in the plague among the community of the Lord !
31:17 Now therefore kill every boy , and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man .
31:18 But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Moses |
ABEL-SHITTIM |
Balaam |
Captive |
Israel |
Sanitation |
Midianites |
SLAVE; SLAVERY |
Wars of the Lord, The Book of the |
War |
Women |
ARMY |
Government |
Baal-peor |
Prisoners |
BISHOP |
PLAGUE |
PEOR |
JUDE, THE EPISTLE OF |
STRANGER AND SOJOURNER (IN THE OLD TESTAMENT) |
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NET Notes: Num 31:15 The verb is the Piel perfect of the word חָיָה (khayah, “to live”). In the Piel stem it must here mean ̶...
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