Numbers 31:15

What does Numbers 31:15 mean?

A plain-English look at Numbers 31:15 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And Moses said to them, Why have you kept all the women safe?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And Moses saith unto them, `Have ye kept alive every female?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Said: Why have you saved the women?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and Moses said to them, Have ye saved all the women alive?

Context

v.14And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who came from the service of the war.

v.15This passage

v.16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 9:6

    slay utterly the old man, the young man and the virgin, and little children and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark: and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men that were before the house.

  • Joshua 8:25

    And all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai.

  • Joshua 10:40

    So Joshua smote all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Jehovah, the God of Israel, commanded.

  • 1 Samuel 15:3

    Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • Jeremiah 48:10

    Cursed be he that doeth the work of Jehovah negligently; and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.

  • Deuteronomy 2:34

    And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed every inhabited city, with the women and the little ones; we left none remaining:

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