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Good News Translation
Numbers 31:15
He asked them, "Why have you kept all the women alive?
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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?
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?
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 Moses, Eleazar, and all the other leaders of the community went out of the camp to meet the army. 14 Moses became angry with the officers, the commanders of battalions and companies, who had returned from the war. 15 He asked them, "Why have you kept all the women alive? 16 Remember that it was the women who followed Balaam's instructions and at Peor led the people to be unfaithful to the Lord . That was what brought the epidemic on the Lord 's people. 17 So now kill every boy and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse, 18 but keep alive for yourselves all the girls and all the women who are virgins. 19 Now all of you who have killed anyone or have touched a corpse must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third day and on the seventh day purify yourselves and the women you have captured. 20 You must also purify every piece of clothing and everything made of leather, goats' hair, or wood." 21 Eleazar the priest said to the men who had returned from battle, "These are the regulations that the Lord has given to Moses. 22Everything that will not burn, such as gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead, is to be purified by passing it through fire. Everything else is to be purified by the water for purification.
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 children that I have earned by working for you, and I will leave. You know how well I have served you."
Give me my wives and children that I have earned by working for you, and I will leave. You know how well I have served you."
Genesis 31:7
Yet he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not let him harm me.
Yet he has cheated me and changed my wages ten times. But God did not let him harm me.
Genesis 31:11
The angel of God spoke to me in the dream and said, ‘Jacob!' ‘Yes,' I answered.
The angel of God spoke to me in the dream and said, ‘Jacob!' ‘Yes,' I answered.
Genesis 31:15
He treats us like foreigners. He sold us, and now he has spent all the money he was paid for us.
He treats us like foreigners. He sold us, and now he has spent all the money he was paid for us.
Genesis 31:20
Jacob deceived Laban by not letting him know that he was leaving.
Jacob deceived Laban by not letting him know that he was leaving.
Genesis 31:27
Why did you deceive me and slip away without telling me? If you had told me, I would have sent you on your way with rejoicing and singing to the music of tambourines and harps.
Why did you deceive me and slip away without telling me? If you had told me, I would have sent you on your way with rejoicing and singing to the music of tambourines and harps.
Genesis 31:30
I know that you left because you were so anxious to get back home, but why did you steal my household gods?"
I know that you left because you were so anxious to get back home, but why did you steal my household gods?"
Genesis 31:41
It was like that for the whole twenty years I was with you. For fourteen years I worked to win your two daughters—and six years for your flocks. And even then, you changed my wages ten times.
It was like that for the whole twenty years I was with you. For fourteen years I worked to win your two daughters—and six years for your flocks. And even then, you changed my wages ten times.
Nehemiah 5:8
and said, "As far as we have been able, we have been buying back our Jewish relatives who had to sell themselves to foreigners. Now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their own people!" The leaders were silent and could find nothing to say.
and said, "As far as we have been able, we have been buying back our Jewish relatives who had to sell themselves to foreigners. Now you are forcing your own relatives to sell themselves to you, their own people!" The leaders were silent and could find nothing 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.
