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Numbers 31:15
Moses said to them, "Why did 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?
Contemporary English Version
and said, "I can't believe you let the women live!
and said, "I can't believe you let the women live!
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?
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
13 Then Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the people went out of the camp to meet with the soldiers. 14 Moses was very angry with the leaders of the army, the commanders of 1000 men, and the commanders of 100 men, who came back from the war. 15 Moses said to them, "Why did you let the women live? 16 These are the women who listened to Balaam and caused the men of Israel to turn away from the Lord that time at Peor. The disease will come to the Lord 's people again. 17 Now, kill all the Midianite boys, and kill all the Midianite women who have had sexual relations with a man. 18 You can let all the young girls live—but only if they never had sexual relations with any man. 19 And then, all you men who killed other people must stay outside the camp for seven days. You must stay outside the camp even if you just touched a dead body. On the third day you and your prisoners must make yourselves pure. You must do the same thing again on the seventh day. 20 You must wash all of your clothes. You must wash anything made with leather, wool, or wood. You must purify yourselves." 21 Then Eleazar the priest spoke to the soldiers. He said, "These are the rules that the Lord gave to Moses for soldiers coming back from war. 22You must put gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead into the fire and then wash these things with the special water to make them pure. If something can be put in the fire, you must put it in fire to purify it. If things cannot be put in fire, you must still wash them with the special water.
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
Give me my wives and my children. I have earned them by working for you. You know that I served you well."
Give me my wives and my children. I have earned them by working for you. You know that I served you well."
Genesis 31:7
But he cheated me. He has changed my pay ten times. But during all this time, God protected me from all of Laban's tricks.
But he cheated me. He has changed my pay ten times. But during all this time, God protected me from all of Laban's tricks.
Genesis 31:11
The angel of God spoke to me in that dream. The angel said, ‘Jacob!' "I answered, ‘Yes!'
The angel of God spoke to me in that dream. The angel said, ‘Jacob!' "I answered, ‘Yes!'
Genesis 31:15
He treated us like strangers. He sold us to you, and then he spent all the money that should have been ours.
He treated us like strangers. He sold us to you, and then he spent all the money that should have been ours.
Genesis 31:20
Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean. He did not tell Laban he was leaving.
Jacob tricked Laban the Aramean. He did not tell Laban he was leaving.
Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away without telling me? If you had told me, I would have given you a party. There would have been singing and dancing with music.
Why did you run away without telling me? If you had told me, I would have given you a party. There would have been singing and dancing with music.
Genesis 31:30
I know that you want to go back to your home. That is why you left. But why did you steal the gods from my house?"
I know that you want to go back to your home. That is why you left. But why did you steal the gods from my house?"
Genesis 31:41
I worked 20 years like a slave for you. For the first 14 years I worked to win your two daughters. The last six years I worked to earn your animals. And during that time you changed my pay ten times.
I worked 20 years like a slave for you. For the first 14 years I worked to win your two daughters. The last six years I worked to earn your animals. And during that time you changed my pay ten times.
Nehemiah 5:8
and said to them, "Our fellow Jews were sold as slaves to people in other countries. We did our best to buy them back and make them free. And now, you are selling them like slaves again!" The rich people and officials kept quiet. They could not find anything to say.
and said to them, "Our fellow Jews were sold as slaves to people in other countries. We did our best to buy them back and make them free. And now, you are selling them like slaves again!" The rich people and officials kept quiet. They could not find anything to say.
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.
