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Numbers 31:17

King James Version (KJV)

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Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.

Numbers 31:17 — KJV

Theological / Devotional

Kill every male. In order to reduce an idolatrous nation to impotency.

Every woman that hath known man. Probably including the very ones responsible for Israel’s debasement.

By SdaBc