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Contemporary English Version
Numbers 31:15
and said, "I can't believe you let the women live!
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Hebrew Names Version
Moshe said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
Moshe said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
King James Version
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Lexham English Bible
And Moses said to them, "You have kept alive every female?
And Moses said to them, "You have kept alive every female?
English Standard Version
Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
New Century Version
He asked them, "Why did you let the women live?
He asked them, "Why did you let the women live?
New English Translation
Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
Amplified Bible
And Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
And Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
New American Standard Bible
And Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
And Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?
And Moses sayde vnto them, What? haue ye saued all the women?
Legacy Standard Bible
So Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
So Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
Complete Jewish Bible
Moshe asked them, "You let the women live?
Moshe asked them, "You let the women live?
Darby Translation
and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Easy-to-Read Version
Moses said to them, "Why did you let the women live?
Moses said to them, "Why did you let the women live?
George Lamsa Translation
And Moses said to them, Why have you let all the women live?
And Moses said to them, Why have you let all the women live?
Good News Translation
He asked them, "Why have you kept all the women alive?
He asked them, "Why have you kept all the women alive?
Christian Standard Bible®
“Have you let every female live?” he asked them.
“Have you let every female live?” he asked them.
Literal Translation
And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and sayde vnto the: Haue ye saued all ye wemen alyue?
and sayde vnto the: Haue ye saued all ye wemen alyue?
American Standard Version
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Bible in Basic English
And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?
And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Moyses sayde vnto them: Haue ye saued all the women alyue?
And Moyses sayde vnto them: Haue ye saued all the women alyue?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?
And Moses said unto them: 'Have ye saved all the women alive?
King James Version (1611)
And Moses said vnto them, Haue ye saued all the women aliue?
And Moses said vnto them, Haue ye saued all the women aliue?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?
And Moses said to them, Why have ye saved every female alive?
English Revised Version
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
Berean Standard Bible
"Have you spared all the women?" he asked them.
"Have you spared all the women?" he asked them.
Young's Literal Translation
And Moses saith unto them, `Have ye kept alive every female?
And Moses saith unto them, `Have ye kept alive every female?
Update Bible Version
And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
Webster's Bible Translation
And Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
And Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
World English Bible
Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive?
New King James Version
And Moses said to them: "Have you kept all the women alive?
And Moses said to them: "Have you kept all the women alive?
New Living Translation
"Why have you let all the women live?" he demanded.
"Why have you let all the women live?" he demanded.
New Life Bible
He said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
He said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
New Revised Standard
Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Moses said unto them, - Have ye saved alive every female?
And Moses said unto them, - Have ye saved alive every female?
Douay-Rheims Bible
Said: Why have you saved the women?
Said: Why have you saved the women?
Revised Standard Version
Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
Moses said to them, "Have you let all the women live?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
And Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women?
Contextual Overview
14 Moses became angry with the army commanders 15 and said, "I can't believe you let the women live! 16 They are the ones who followed Balaam's advice and invited our people to worship the god Baal Peor. That's why the Lord punished us by killing so many of our people. 17 You must put to death every boy and all the women who have ever had sex. 18 But do not kill the young women who have never had sex. You may keep them for yourselves." 19 Then Moses said to the soldiers, "If you killed anyone or touched a dead body, you are unclean and have to stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third and seventh days, you must go through a ceremony to make yourselves and your captives clean. 20 Then wash your clothes and anything made from animal skin, goat's hair, or wood." 21Eleazar then explained, "If you need to purify something that won't burn, such as gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead, you must first place it in a hot fire. After you take it out, sprinkle it with the water that purifies. Everything else should only be sprinkled with the water. Do all of this, just as the Lord commanded Moses. 24 Wash your clothes on the seventh day, and after that, you will be clean and may return to the camp."
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Deuteronomy 2:34, Deuteronomy 20:13, Deuteronomy 20:16-18, Joshua 6:21, Joshua 8:25, Joshua 10:40, Joshua 11:14, 1 Samuel 15:3, Psalms 137:8, Psalms 137:9, Jeremiah 48:10, Ezekiel 9:6
Reciprocal: Numbers 25:1 - the people Numbers 25:18 - vex you Numbers 31:9 - General 2 Chronicles 20:25 - precious jewels Proverbs 28:10 - causeth
Cross-References
Genesis 30:26
You know how hard I've worked for you, so let me take my wives and children and leave."
You know how hard I've worked for you, so let me take my wives and children and leave."
Genesis 31:7
and that he keeps cheating me by changing my wages time after time. But God has protected me.
and that he keeps cheating me by changing my wages time after time. But God has protected me.
Genesis 31:11
Then God's angel called me by name. I answered,
Then God's angel called me by name. I answered,
Genesis 31:15
He treats us like foreigners and has even cheated us out of the bride price that should have been ours.
He treats us like foreigners and has even cheated us out of the bride price that should have been ours.
Genesis 31:20
Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean by not saying that he intended to leave.
Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean by not saying that he intended to leave.
Genesis 31:27
Why did you sneak away without telling me? I would have given you a going-away party with singing and with music on tambourines and harps.
Why did you sneak away without telling me? I would have given you a going-away party with singing and with music on tambourines and harps.
Genesis 31:30
I can understand why you were eager to return to your father, but why did you have to steal my idols?
I can understand why you were eager to return to your father, but why did you have to steal my idols?
Genesis 31:41
I had to work fourteen of these twenty long years to earn your two daughters and another six years to buy your sheep and goats. During that time you kept changing my wages.
I had to work fourteen of these twenty long years to earn your two daughters and another six years to buy your sheep and goats. During that time you kept changing my wages.
Nehemiah 5:8
by saying, "We have tried to buy back all of our people who were sold into exile. But here you are, selling more of them for us to buy back!" The officials and leaders did not say a word, because they knew this was true.
by saying, "We have tried to buy back all of our people who were sold into exile. But here you are, selling more of them for us to buy back!" The officials and leaders did not say a word, because they knew this was true.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And Moses said unto them, have ye saved all the women alive?] Which either had been reported to him, or he concluded, by seeing so many with them; and this question is put, not for information, but by way of reproof, and as chiding them for what they had done; for they might have received orders from him to put them to death, when he sent them out; and if so, there was the more reason to be angry with them; or he might conclude they would have done this of themselves, knowing what instruments of mischief these women had been to Israel.
