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the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
the Week of Proper 10 / Ordinary 15
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New Century Version
Numbers 31:18
But save for yourselves the girls who have not had sexual relations with a man.
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Hebrew Names Version
But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
King James Version
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Lexham English Bible
But all the females who have not had sexual intercourse with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the females who have not had sexual intercourse with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
English Standard Version
But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.
But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves.
New English Translation
But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours.
But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours.
Amplified Bible
"But all the young girls who have not known a man intimately, keep alive for yourselves [to marry].
"But all the young girls who have not known a man intimately, keep alive for yourselves [to marry].
New American Standard Bible
"However, all the girls who have not known a man intimately, keep alive for yourselves.
"However, all the girls who have not known a man intimately, keep alive for yourselves.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.
But all the women children that haue not knowen carnall copulation, keepe aliue for your selues.
Legacy Standard Bible
But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves.
But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves.
Contemporary English Version
But do not kill the young women who have never had sex. You may keep them for yourselves."
But do not kill the young women who have never had sex. You may keep them for yourselves."
Complete Jewish Bible
But the young girls who have never slept with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
But the young girls who have never slept with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
Darby Translation
but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
but all the children among the women that have not known lying with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
Easy-to-Read Version
You can let all the young girls live—but only if they never had sexual relations with any man.
You can let all the young girls live—but only if they never had sexual relations with any man.
George Lamsa Translation
But all the female children, who have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the female children, who have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Good News Translation
but keep alive for yourselves all the girls and all the women who are virgins.
but keep alive for yourselves all the girls and all the women who are virgins.
Christian Standard Bible®
but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not gone to bed with a man.
but keep alive for yourselves all the young females who have not gone to bed with a man.
Literal Translation
And you shall keep alive for yourselves all the female children who have not known a man by lying with a male.
And you shall keep alive for yourselves all the female children who have not known a man by lying with a male.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But all the wemen chidren yt haue knowne no me ner lien wt them, kepe those alyue for youre selues.
But all the wemen chidren yt haue knowne no me ner lien wt them, kepe those alyue for youre selues.
American Standard Version
But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the women-children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Bible in Basic English
But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.
But all the female children who have had no sex relations with men, you may keep for yourselves.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But all the women children that haue not lien with men carnally, kepe alyue for your selues.
But all the women children that haue not lien with men carnally, kepe alyue for your selues.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
King James Version (1611)
But all the women children that haue not knowen a man by lying with him, keepe aliue for your selues.
But all the women children that haue not knowen a man by lying with him, keepe aliue for your selues.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save ye them alive.
And as for all the captivity of women, who have not known the lying with man, save ye them alive.
English Revised Version
But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the women children, that have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
Berean Standard Bible
but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
forsothe reserue ye to you damesels, and alle wymmen virgyns,
forsothe reserue ye to you damesels, and alle wymmen virgyns,
Young's Literal Translation
and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.
and all the infants among the women, who have not known the lying of a male, ye have kept alive for yourselves.
Update Bible Version
But all the women-children, that haven't had sex with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the women-children, that haven't had sex with a man, keep alive for yourselves.
Webster's Bible Translation
But all the female children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the female children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
World English Bible
But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the girls, who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
New King James Version
But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately.
But keep alive for yourselves all the young girls who have not known a man intimately.
New Living Translation
Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.
Only the young girls who are virgins may live; you may keep them for yourselves.
New Life Bible
But keep alive for yourselves all the girls who have not had a man.
But keep alive for yourselves all the girls who have not had a man.
New Revised Standard
But all the young girls who have not known a man by sleeping with him, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the young girls who have not known a man by sleeping with him, keep alive for yourselves.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But all the young of womankind that hay, not cohabited with man, preserve alive for yourselves.
But all the young of womankind that hay, not cohabited with man, preserve alive for yourselves.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:
But the girls, and all the women that are virgins save for yourselves:
Revised Standard Version
But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves.
"But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves.
Contextual Overview
13 Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the people went outside the camp to meet them. 14 Moses was angry with the army officers, the commanders over a thousand men, and those over a hundred men, who returned from war. 15 He asked them, "Why did you let the women live? 16 They were the ones who followed Balaam's advice and turned the Israelites from the Lord at Peor. Then a terrible sickness struck the Lord 's people. 17 Kill all the Midianite boys, and kill all the Midianite women who have had sexual relations. 18 But save for yourselves the girls who have not had sexual relations with a man. 19 "All you men who killed anyone or touched a dead body must stay outside the camp for seven days. On the third and seventh days you and your captives must make yourselves clean. 20 You must clean all your clothes and anything made of leather, goat hair, or wood." 21 Then Eleazar the priest said to the soldiers who had gone to war, "These are the teachings that the Lord gave to Moses: 22 Put any gold, silver, bronze, iron, tin, or lead—
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
keep alive for yourselves: It has been groundlessly asserted, that Moses here authorised the Israelites to make concubines of the whole number of female children; and an insidious objection against his writings has been grounded upon this monstrous supposition. But the whole tenor of the law, and especially a statute recorded in Deuteronomy 21:10-14, proves most decisively to the contrary. They were merely permitted to possess them as female slaves, educating them in their families, and employing them as domestics; for the laws concerning fornication, concubinage, and marriage, were in full force, and prohibited an Israelite even from marrying a captive, without delays and previous formalities; and if he afterwards divorced her, he was to set here at liberty, "because he had humbled her." Leviticus 25:44, Deuteronomy 20:14, Deuteronomy 21:10-14, 2 Chronicles 28:8-10, Isaiah 14:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 24:16 - known Deuteronomy 20:13 - thou shalt smite Deuteronomy 21:11 - that Judges 21:11 - every male
Cross-References
Genesis 27:41
After that Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing from Isaac. He thought to himself, "My father will soon die, and I will be sad for him. Then I will kill Jacob."
After that Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing from Isaac. He thought to himself, "My father will soon die, and I will be sad for him. Then I will kill Jacob."
Genesis 28:21
so I will be able to return in peace to my father's house. If the Lord does these things, he will be my God.
so I will be able to return in peace to my father's house. If the Lord does these things, he will be my God.
Genesis 31:1
One day Jacob heard Laban's sons talking. They said, "Jacob has taken everything our father owned, and in this way he has become rich."
One day Jacob heard Laban's sons talking. They said, "Jacob has taken everything our father owned, and in this way he has become rich."
Genesis 31:2
Then Jacob noticed that Laban was not as friendly as he had been before.
Then Jacob noticed that Laban was not as friendly as he had been before.
Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and trick me? Why didn't you tell me? Then I could have sent you away with joy and singing and with the music of tambourines and harps.
Why did you run away secretly and trick me? Why didn't you tell me? Then I could have sent you away with joy and singing and with the music of tambourines and harps.
Genesis 31:29
I have the power to harm you, but last night the God of your father spoke to me and warned me not to say anything to you, good or bad.
I have the power to harm you, but last night the God of your father spoke to me and warned me not to say anything to you, good or bad.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
But all the women children,.... The females among the little ones:
that have not known a man by lying with him; which might be pretty clear, and easily concluded, from their age:
keep for yourselves; either to be handmaids to them, or to be married among them when grown up, and become proselytes, and initiated into their religion.
