Numbers 31:17
Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
Now therefore *kill euery male among the little ones, and kill euery woman that hath knowen man, by lying with †him.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. a male.
- *Cross-referenceIudg. 21.11.
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- Deuteronomy 20:16–18Rank 1 from verse 17
16But of the cities of these people, which the Lord thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
17But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee:
18That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the Lord your God.
16But of the cities of these people which the LORD thy God doth giue thee for an inheritance, thou shalt saue aliue nothing that breatheth:
17But thou shalt vtterly destroy them, namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hiuites, and the Iebusites, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee:
18That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they haue done vnto their gods, so should ye sinne against the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 7:2Rank 2 from verse 17
2And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
2And when the LORD thy God shall deliuer them before thee, thou shalt smite them, and vtterly destroy them, *thou shalt make no couenant with them, nor shew mercy vnto them.
- Judges 21:11–12Rank 3 from verse 17
11And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
12And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
11And this is the thing that yee shall doe, *Yee shall vtterly destroy euery male, and euery woman that hath †lien by man.
12And they found among the inhabitants of Iabesh Gilead, foure hundred †yong virgins that had knowen no man, by lying with any male: and they brought them vnto the campe to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan.
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Numbers 31:17
To cause death, slay, put to death, or destroy life.
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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.
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Of the sex that begets offspring; a man or male animal.
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Recognized, understood, perceived, acknowledged, or made evident.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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1. Reclining, resting, remaining, or being situated in a place. 2. Speaking or representing what is false or deceptive. 3. Lying with a person; having sexual intercourse.
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16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the Lord.
16Behold, *these caused the children of Israel, through the *counsell of Balaam, to commit trespasse against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the Congregation of the LORD.
17Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
17Now therefore *kill euery male among the little ones, and kill euery woman that hath knowen man, by lying with †him.
Selected passage18But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves.
18But all the women children that haue not knowen a man by lying with him, keepe aliue for your selues.